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Travelin' Soldier
The Chicks
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- Album
- Home
- Released
- 2002
- Genres
- country
- Length
- 5:43
- Tempo
- 146 BPM
- Label
- Open Wide/Monument/Columbia
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About this song
Bruce Robison wrote the song in 1990 while working as a fry cook at an Austin diner, after a friend at the diner was called up for active duty during the buildup to the Gulf War. In 2003, with the United States again on the verge of war with Iraq, The Chicks took the song to number one on Billboard's Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart.
What it's about
The song tells the story of a lonely boy who leaves for war after high school and a shy girl who falls for him while they are thousands of miles apart. In the final verse, she cries alone after learning that her soldier has died.
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Fun facts
- It's actually a cover of “T”.
- Covered once, including “Travelin' Soldier by Aaron Lewis”.
- Written by Bruce Robison.
- Produced by Lloyd Maines and The Chicks.
- Recorded at Cedar Creek Recording (Austin.