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{{Infobox song
| name       = Ol' Country
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Mark Chesnutt]]
| album      = [[Longnecks & Short Stories]]
| B-side     = "Talking to Hank"<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|pages=92–93|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref>
| released   = January 4, 1993
| recorded   = 1992
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]
| length     = 3:53
| label      = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
| writer     = Bobby Harden
| producer   = [[Mark Wright (record producer)|Mark Wright]]
| prev_title = [[Bubba Shot the Jukebox]]
| prev_year  = 1992
| next_title = [[It Sure Is Monday]]
| next_year  = 1993
}}
"'''Ol' Country'''" is a song written by Bobby Harden and recorded by American [[country music]] singer [[Mark Chesnutt]].  It was released in January 1993 as the fourth and final single from his album: ''[[Longnecks & Short Stories]]''.  It peaked at number 4 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 2 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart.
==Content==
The song tells the story of a country boy from [[Birmingham, Alabama]] and a city girl from [[Ohio]] who met each other by chance and fell in love.
==Music video==
The music video was directed by [[John Lloyd Miller]] and premiered in early 1993.
==Chart performance==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1993)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Canadacountry|2|chartid=1727|publishdate=April 24, 1993|accessdate=August 5, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|4|artist=Mark Chesnutt}}
|}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1993)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
| Canada Country Tracks (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2327&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=December 18, 1993|access-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref>
| align="center" | 42
|-
| US [[Hot Country Songs|Country Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1993: Country Songs | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | date=1993| access-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref>
| align="center" | 63
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Mark Chesnutt}}
[[Category:1993 singles]]
[[Category:Mark Chesnutt songs]]
[[Category:MCA Records singles]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer)]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by John Lloyd Miller]]
[[Category:1992 songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Bobby Harden]]
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