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South Carolina

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song nameSouth Carolina
artistJohn Linnell
releasesState Songs, TMBG Clock Radio
year1999
first playedOct. 7, 1995 (15 known performances)
run time3:46
sung byJohn Linnell

Trivia/Info

  • This is the same recording as South Carolina (Hello EP) (1994), but mixed differently.
  • Originally this song would have been the single accompanying State Songs, but because it was too long and there wasn't enough room for it on the die-cut vinyl, the record company went with Montana instead.
  • A song about getting rich in the mythical American way: getting hurt and suing someone. (In this case, by being in a bicycle accident.) TMBG's Dial-A-Song service was created after John Linnell himself was injured in a bicycle accident.
  • Allusion is made to the Hammerstein/Kern song "Ol' Man River", which has the line "Tote dat barge, lift dat bale."
  • From the State Songs liner notes:
The Official State Shell of the Palmetto State is the Lettered Olive. The State Dance is the Shag, and the State Insect is the Praying Mantis.

Song Themes

Accidents, Addiction, Compulsion, Bodily Mutilation, Colors, Food, French, Heads, Language, Letters Of The Alphabet, Medical, Occupations, References To Other Songs Or Musicians, Shapes, Tableware, Upside Down, US States

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