Detroit City (song)

"Detroit City" is a song written by Danny Dill and Mel Tillis, made famous by Billy Grammer (as "I Wanna Go Home"), country music singer Bobby Bare and Tom Jones. Bare's version was released in 1963. The song — sometimes known as "I Wanna Go Home" (from the opening line to the refrain) — was Bare's first Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that summer, and became a country music standard.

"Detroit City"
Single by Bobby Bare
from the album "Detroit City" and Other Hits by Bobby Bare
B-side"Heart of Ice"
ReleasedMay 1963 (U.S.)
RecordedApril 18, 1963
Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length2:47
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Danny Dill and Mel Tillis
Producer(s)Chet Atkins
Bobby Bare singles chronology
"Shame on Me"
(1962)		 "Detroit City"
(1963)		 "500 Miles Away from Home"
(1963)
"Detroit City"
Single by Tom Jones
from the album Green, Green Grass of Home
B-side"If I Had You"
ReleasedFebruary 1967
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Danny Dill and Mel Tillis
Producer(s)Peter Sullivan
Tom Jones singles chronology
"Green, Green Grass of Home"
(1966)		 "Detroit City"
(1967)		 "Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings"
(1967)
"Detroit City"
Single by Arthur Alexander
A-side"You Don't Care"
ReleasedApril 1965
GenreSoul
Length2:40
LabelDot Records
Songwriter(s)Danny Dill and Mel Tillis
Producer(s)Noel Ball
Norman Petty
Bill Haney (uncredited)
"I Wanna Go Home"
Single by Billy Grammer
B-side"The Bottom of the Glass"
Released1962
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Danny Dill and Mel Tillis
Billy Grammer singles chronology
"I'd Like to Know Why"
(1961)		 "I Wanna Go Home"
(1962)		 "I'll Leave The Porch Lights A-Burning"
(1963)
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