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By Fred Bronson
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Country star Alan Jackson turns to a
newspaper for inspiration for his latest hit single. "USA Today" was the
highest new entry on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, debuting at No.
49 in the week ended August 14.
This isn't the first time the press has served as source material for a
hit single -- and Jackson is indeed singing about the national newspaper
in the self-penned song, as evidenced by these lyrics: "...they're
thinking about putting me on the cover of the USA Today, story of
heartbreaking pain, picture of the loneliest man they claim, in the U.S.A.
today."
The prime example is Dr. Hook's pop hit from 1972, "The Cover of
'Rolling Stone."' That song led to the band actually being featured on the
cover of Rolling Stone, so watch out for a page one photo of Alan Jackson
in USA Today.
There have been other hits that use the titles of publications only by
coincidence, including "Time" by the Pozo Seco Singers, "Life" by Elvis
Presley and "Vogue" by Madonna.
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