"Jukebox Junkie" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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artist

Ken Mellons Kenneth Edward Mellons (born July 10, 1965) is an American country music artist who released his self-titled debut album in 1994. This album produced the single " Jukebox Junkie", a Top Ten hit on the Hot Country Songs charts. Mellons followed ...

. It was released in July 1994 as the second single from his debut album ''

''. The song reached number 8 on the ''

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chart and peaked at number 6 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. It was written by Mellons, Jerry Cupit and Janice Honeycutt.

Content

The song is an uptempo, in which the narrator talks about how he loves to listen to the jukebox.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of ''

'' magazine gave the song a mixed review, saying that while Mellons "possesses one of those deep, whiskey-soaked voice that could never be mistaken for anything but country", the song will likely "never be mistaken for anything other than what it is - a hopeless string of honky-tonk cliches."''

'', July 23, 1994

Music video

The music video was directed by Marc Ball and premiered in mid-1994.

Chart performance

"Jukebox Junkie" debuted at number sixty nine on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 30, 1994.

Year-end charts

References

Songs about country music Songs about jukeboxes 1994 singles 1994 songs Ken Mellons songs Epic Records singles {{1994-country-song-stub