"Tucker's Town" is a

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by American

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group Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released on June 25, 1996, as the second single from their second album, ''

Fairweather Johnson ''Fairweather Johnson'' is the second studio album by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, released on April 23, 1996, through Atlantic Records. Three songs from the album were released as singles: "Old Man & Me", "Tucker's Town", and "Sad ...

'' (1996). In the United States, it peaked at number 38 on the ''

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(their last Hot 100 entry as of ), number 24 on the ''Billboard''

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chart, and number 29 on the ''Billboard''

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chart. Outside the US, "Tucker's Town" reached number two in Canada—ending 1996 as the country's 25th-most-successful single—and number 20 in Iceland.

Content

The song is named for the village of Tucker's Town,

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, the mostly black, working-class residents of which (including the future members of The Talbot Brothers band) were compelled to sell their land in the 1920s to make way for a hotel and golf club, and an enclave where foreign millionaires and billionaires are permitted to own homes. Bermuda, which is on the same latitude as South Carolina and from which

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was colonised under

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in 1670, was a frequent haunt of the South Carolinian band. However, the nearest landfall is

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Music video

The music video was directed by Greg Masuak.

Track listings

US 7-inch, CD, and cassette single # "Tucker's Town" – 3:46 # "Araby" – 2:51 German and Australian CD single # "Tucker's Town" – 3:46 # "Araby" – 2:51 # "Not Even the Trees" (live) UK CD single # "Tucker's Town" # "Araby" # "Not Even the Trees" (live) # "Hannah Jane" (live)

Charts

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Release history

References

{{Authority control 1996 singles 1996 songs Atlantic Records singles Hootie & the Blowfish songs Music videos directed by Greg Masuak Songs written by Darius Rucker Songs written by Jim Sonefeld Songs written by Mark Bryan