Jukebox in My Mind

{{short description|1990 song by Alabama}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Jukebox in My Mind

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Alabama

| album = Pass It On Down

| B-side = "Fire on Fire"{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=19|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}

| released = July 13, 1990

| format =

| recorded = January 1, 1990

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Neotraditional country,{{cite web |url=https://themusicaldivide.com/2022/08/10/the-boom-or-bust-jukebox-week-32-2022-drake-milligan-cody-johnson-and-alabama/ |title=The Boom-or-Bust Jukebox – Week 32 (2022): Drake Milligan, Cody Johnson, and Alabama |last=Kephart |first=Zackary |website=The Musical Divide |date=August 10, 2022 |access-date=May 19, 2024}} honky-tonk{{cite magazine | url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Audio/Archive-Stereo-Review-IDX/IDX/90s/Stereo-Review-1990-09-OCR-Page-0105.pdf | title=Popular music | magazine=Stereo Review | date=September 1990 | pages=105}}

| length = 3:40

| label = RCA Nashville

| writer = Dave Gibson, Ronnie Rogers

| producer = Alabama, Larry Michael Lee, Josh Leo

| prev_title = Pass It On Down

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Forever's as Far as I'll Go

| next_year = 1990

}}

"Jukebox in My Mind" is a song written by Dave Gibson and Ronnie Rogers, and recorded by American country music group Alabama. It was released in July 1990 as the second single from their album Pass It On Down. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs in the United States and the defunct RPM country music charts in Canada.

Content

The song uses a jukebox as a metaphor for the memories within the narrator's mind.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/446607887/ | title=Juke joints | work=Santa Maria Times | date=September 23, 1990 | accessdate=September 26, 2022 | pages=C1}} It is composed in the key of B-flat major with a moderate tempo and 4/4 time signature.{{cite web | url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0056992 | title='Jukebox in My Mind' sheet music | work=MusicNotes.com | date=2 April 2007 | accessdate=September 26, 2022}}

Critical reception

An uncredited review in Stereo Review magazine of Pass It On Down described "Jukebox in My Mind" as "a fine song in the pure honky-tonk mold...which lead singer Randy Owen delivers in his best Merle Haggard syntax. The tune is vastly different from anything else the band has recorded". In 1991, the Academy of Country Music nominated the song for Single of the Year.{{cite magazine | url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1991/1991-03-16-Billboard-Page-0050.pdf | title=26th Country Music Awards Nominations Are In | author=Debbie Holley | magazine=Billboard | pages=52 | date=March 16, 1991}}

Chart performance

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!align="left"|Chart (1990)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=1346|publishdate=September 22, 1990|accessdate=August 23, 2013}}
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Alabama}}

=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"|Chart (1990)

!scope="col"|Position

Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9172&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990|work=RPM|date=December 22, 1990|accessdate=August 23, 2013}}

| align="center" | 11

US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1990: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1990| accessdate=August 23, 2013}}

| align="center" | 18

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