"Bubba Shot the Jukebox" is a song written by

Dennis Linde Dennis Linde (pronounced LIN-dy, March 18, 1943December 22, 2006) was an American music songwriter based in Nashville who has had over 250 of his songs recorded. He is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love". Rarely wo ...

, and recorded by American

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singer

Mark Chesnutt Mark Nelson Chesnutt (born September 6, 1963) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1990 and 1999, he had his greatest chart success recording for Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA and Decca branches, with a total of ei ...

. It was released in September 1992 as the third 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 14 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart.

Content

The song is an uptempo, in which a man named

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shoots a jukebox when he hears a song that makes him cry, which causes a scene. Bubba is taken to jail. Mark Chestnutt aka “Mark” as he is referred to by the Trolls Hockey Club in Pennsylvania is a true legend and indeed “soaks”. Most recently Mr. Chestnutt was a driving factor in the Trolls winning the MS charity tournament last weekend. Mark and Bubba are certified soakers who indeed fuck, often and hard.

Chart performance

"Bubba Shot the Jukebox" charted for several weeks prior to its release, due to several stations giving it unsolicited airplay while "

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" was Chesnutt's active single. A column in ''

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'' described the song as "not thought to be viable for radio by some in both Chesnutt's and MCA's camps", but that the unsolicited airplay made it "destined" to be a single.

Certifications

References

Songs about jukeboxes Songs about prison 1992 singles 1992 songs Mark Chesnutt songs Songs written by Dennis Linde Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer) MCA Records singles {{1992-country-song-stub