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Paradise (Pirates of the Mississippi song)

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"Paradise"

from the album Paradise

"Bad Weather"

Released

December 9, 1995

Length

2:46

James Stroud, John Anderson

John Anderson singles chronology

"Paradise"
(1995)

"Long Hard Lesson Learned"
(1996)

"Paradise" is a song written by Bob McDill and Roger Murrah. It was originally recorded by the band Pirates of the Mississippi for their 1995 album Paradise, released on Giant Records.^[1]

It was later recorded by American country music artist John Anderson. His version served as the title track from the album, Paradise, and was released in December 1995 as the album's first single. The song reached No. 26 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[2]

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1995–1996)	Peak position
USHot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	26
Canadian RPM Country Tracks^[4]	21

^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 23.

v t e Pirates of the Mississippi
Bill McCorvey Rich Alves Jimmy Lowe Pat Severs Dean Townson Greg Trostle
Studio albums	Pirates of the Mississippi Walk the Plank A Street Man Named Desire Dream You Paradise
Notable singles	"Honky Tonk Blues" "Feed Jake" "Til I'm Holding You Again" "Paradise"
Related articles	Discography

v t e John Anderson
Studio albums	John Anderson John Anderson 2 I Just Came Home to Count the Memories Wild & Blue All the People Are Talkin' Eye of a Hurricane Tokyo, Oklahoma Countrified Blue Skies Again 10 Too Tough to Tame Seminole Wind Solid Ground Country 'til I Die Paradise Takin' the Country Back Nobody's Got It All Easy Money Bigger Hands Goldmine Years
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1984) Greatest Hits Volume II Greatest Hits (1996)
Notable singles	"Your Lying Blue Eyes" "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs" "1959" "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)" "Chicken Truck" "I Just Came Home to Count the Memories" "Would You Catch a Falling Star" "Wild and Blue" "Swingin'" "Goin' Down Hill" "Black Sheep" "Let Somebody Else Drive" "She Sure Got Away with My Heart" "Eye of a Hurricane" "It's All Over Now" "Down in Tennessee" "Honky Tonk Crowd" "Somewhere Between Ragged and Right" (with Waylon Jennings) "Straight Tequila Night" "When It Comes to You" "Seminole Wind" "Let Go of the Stone" "Money in the Bank" "I Fell in the Water" "I've Got It Made" "I Wish I Could Have Been There" "Bend It Until It Breaks" "Mississippi Moon" "Paradise" "Somebody Slap Me" "If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me" "Years" "Tuesday I'll Be Gone"
Related articles	Discography "Shuttin' Detroit Down"

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