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Straight to Hell (Drivin N Cryin song)

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"Straight to Hell"
SongbyDrivin N Cryin
from the album Mystery Road
Released	1989
Genre	Southern rock
Length	5:36
Label	Island
Songwriter(s)	Kevn Kinney
Producer(s)	Scott McPherson Kevn Kinney Tim Nielsen

"Straight to Hell" is a song by American Southern rock band Drivin N Cryin, from their 1989 album, Mystery Road. In 2014, a cover version appeared as the last track on the album Cherlene, an Archer tie-in sung by Jessy Lynn Martens as fictional character Cheryl Tunt. In 2018, American country music singer Darius Rucker released a cover version as the third single from his album When Was the Last Time.

Content[edit]

Writer and band member Kevn Kinney said of the song, "It's just about a latchkey kid whose mother is dating and they have different rules. It's got a little bit of 'Romeo and Juliet' to it, but it's mostly about my sister's life, but it's also about everybody's life, that's why I think people identify so much with it."^[1]

Darius Rucker version[edit]

"Straight to Hell"

SinglebyDarius Rucker featuring Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, and Charles Kelley

from the album When Was the Last Time

Released

June 25, 2018

Genre

Country

Length

5:35 (full version)
4:13 (radio edit)

Kevn Kinney

Darius Rucker singles chronology

"For the First Time"
(2017)

"Straight to Hell"
(2018)

"Beers and Sunshine"
(2020)

In 2017, country musician Darius Rucker recorded the song for his album When Was the Last Time. Rucker's version features guest vocals from Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, and Lady Antebellum co-lead vocalist Charles Kelley.

Rucker said that he chose to record the track because he had noticed the positive reaction it got when he first began his musical career and sang the song in bars. He was encouraged to record it after Kelley called Rucker, suggesting that he record the song and include Kelley on guest vocals.^[2] Rucker's version features an arrangement that is softer and more influenced by country music than the original.^[3]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2018)	Peak position
USCountry Airplay (Billboard)^[4]	40

References[edit]

^ Wake, Matt. Drivin N Cryin singer Kevn Kinney, before solo Huntsville show, tells stories behind 10 of his greatest songs. al.com. August 29, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2018.

^ Stecker, Liv. "Darius Rucker Is Going 'Straight to Hell' with Famous Friends on New Album". The Boot. Retrieved July 11, 2018.

^ Whitaker, Sterling. "Hear Darius Rucker, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean + Charles Kelly Go 'Straight to Hell'". Taste of Country. Retrieved July 11, 2018.

^ "Darius Rucker Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard.

Drivin N Cryin

Kevn Kinney
Tim Nielsen
Dave V. Johnson
Laur Joamets
Jeff Sullivan
Sadler Vaden
Frank French
Joey Huffman
Paul Lenz
Buren Fowler
David Franklin
Mac Carter
Aaron Lee Tasjan

Albums

Whisper Tames the Lion (1988)
Mystery Road (1989)
Fly Me Courageous (1991)
Smoke (1993)
Wrapped in Sky (1995)
The Great American Bubble Factory (2009)

Songs

"Straight to Hell" (1989)

v t e Darius Rucker
Discography
Studio albums	Back to Then Learn to Live Charleston, SC 1966 True Believers Home for the Holidays Southern Style When Was the Last Time Carolyn's Boy
Singles	"Don't Think I Don't Think About It" "It Won't Be Like This for Long" "Alright" "History in the Making" "Come Back Song" "This" "I Got Nothin'" "True Believers" "Wagon Wheel" "Radio" "Homegrown Honey" "Southern Style" "If I Told You" "For the First Time" "Straight to Hell" "Beers and Sunshine"
Related articles	Hootie & The Blowfish Southern Style Tour

v t e Jason Aldean
Discography
Studio albums	Jason Aldean Relentless Wide Open My Kinda Party Night Train Old Boots, New Dirt They Don't Know Rearview Town 9 Macon, Georgia Highway Desperado
Singles	"Hicktown" "Why" "Amarillo Sky" "Johnny Cash" "Laughed Until We Cried" "Relentless" "She's Country" "Big Green Tractor" "The Truth" "Crazy Town" "My Kinda Party" "Don't You Wanna Stay" "Dirt Road Anthem" "Tattoos on This Town" "Fly Over States" "Take a Little Ride" "The Only Way I Know" "1994" "Night Train" "When She Says Baby" "Burnin' It Down" "Just Gettin' Started" "Tonight Looks Good on You" "Gonna Know We Were Here" "Lights Come On" "A Little More Summertime" "Any Ol' Barstool" "They Don't Know" "You Make It Easy" "Drowns the Whiskey" "Girl Like You" "Rearview Town" "We Back" "Got What I Got" "Blame It on You" "If I Didn't Love You" "Trouble with a Heartbreak" "That's What Tequila Does" "Try That in a Small Town" "Let Your Boys Be Country"
Guest singles	"Drivin' Around Song" "Straight to Hell" "Forever Country" "Friends Like That"
DVDs	Wide Open Live & More
Concert tours	2013 Night Train Tour Burn It Down Tour We Were Here Tour
Related articles	2017 Las Vegas shooting

v t e Luke Bryan
Discography
Studio albums	I'll Stay Me Doin' My Thing Tailgates & Tanlines Crash My Party Kill the Lights What Makes You Country Born Here Live Here Die Here
Compilations	Spring Break...Here to Party
Extended plays	Spring Break 3...It's a Shore Thing Spring Break 4...Suntan City Spring Break 6...Like We Ain't Ever Spring Break...Checkin' Out Farm Tour... Here's to the Farmer
Singles	"All My Friends Say" "We Rode in Trucks" "Country Man" "Do I" "Rain Is a Good Thing" "Someone Else Calling You Baby" "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)" "I Don't Want This Night to End" "Drunk on You" "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" "Crash My Party" "That's My Kind of Night" "Drink a Beer" "Play It Again" "Roller Coaster" "I See You" "Kick the Dust Up" "Strip It Down" "Home Alone Tonight" "Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day" "Move" "Fast" "Light It Up" "Most People Are Good" "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset" "What Makes You Country" "Knockin' Boots" "What She Wants Tonight" "One Margarita" "Down to One" "Waves" "Up" "Country On" "But I Got a Beer in My Hand"
Guest singles	"The Only Way I Know" "This Is How We Roll" "Straight to Hell" "Buy Dirt" "Forever Country"
Other songs	"Good Directions" "Buzzkill" "Suntan City" "Games"
Concert tours	Farm Tour (2010–) Dirt Road Diaries Tour (2013) That's My Kind of Night Tour (2014–15) Kick the Dust Up Tour (2015) Kill the Lights Tour (2016–17) Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day Tour (2017) What Makes You Country Tour (2018) Proud to Be Right Here Tour (2021)

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