North to Alaska (song)

"North to Alaska"
Single by Johnny Horton
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side	"Mansion You Stole"
Released	August 22, 1960
Genre	Country
Length	2:48
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Mike Phillips[1]
Producer(s)	Don Law
Johnny Horton singles chronology
"Johnny Freedom" (1960) "North to Alaska" (1960) "Sleepy-Eyed John" (1961)

"North to Alaska" is a 1960 hit song recorded by Johnny Horton which featured in the movie of the same name. Though Horton had sung several popular movie tie-in songs, this was the first one that was sung over the opening titles.

Written by Mike Phillips, "North to Alaska" topped Billboard magazine's Country Singles chart,^[2] reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and eight on Norway Singles Chart.^[3] Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.^[4]

Horton died shortly after the song was released.^[5]

Chart performance

Chart (1960–1961)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides	1
Australia Singles Chart	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	4
Norway Singles Chart	8
UK Singles Chart	23

References

1. "North to Alaska – Johnny Horton". AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 162.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 85.
4. Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
5. Western-Style Singer Johnny Horton Killed: Man Who Made 'Battle of New Orleans' Popular Dies in Texas Highway Crash Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 06 Nov 1960: E1.