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| Name = Major Moves
| name = Major Moves
| Type = studio
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| Artist = [[Hank Williams Jr.]]
| artist = [[Hank Williams Jr.]]
| Cover = MajorMoves.jpg
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| Released = {{start date|1984|05}}
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| Recorded =
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| Genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| Length = 35:02
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| studio =
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
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| Producer = [[Jimmy Bowen]]<br />Hank Williams Jr.
| length = 35:02
| Last album = ''[[Man of Steel (album)|Man of Steel]]''<br />(1983)
| label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| This album = '''''Major Moves'''''<br />(1984)
| producer = [[Jimmy Bowen]]<br />Hank Williams Jr.
| Next album = ''[[Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2]]''<br />(1985)
| prev_title = [[Man of Steel (album)|Man of Steel]]
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = [[Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2|Hank Williams Jr.’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2]]
| next_year = 1985
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Major Moves
| type = Studio
| single1 = [[Attitude Adjustment (song)|Attitude Adjustment]]
| single1date = June 11, 1984
| single2 = [[All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight]]
| single2date = October 1, 1984
| single3 = [[Major Moves (song)|Major Moves]]
| single3date = January 19, 1985
}}
}}
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{{Album reviews
'''''Major Moves''''' is the thirty-seventh studio album by American musician [[Hank Williams Jr.]] It was released by [[Warner Bros. Records]] in May 1984. “Attitude Adjustment,” “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” and the title track were released as singles. The album reached No. 1 on the [[Top Country Albums]] chart<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r94771/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} allmusic ((( Major Moves > Charts & Awards )))]</ref> and has been certified Platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].<ref>[http://www.riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=major%20moves&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 RIAA - Gold & Platinum]</ref>
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“All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight”, which would become a hit in its own right, is now best known to [[American football|football]] fans as the song Williams would remake as “Are You Ready For Some Football?” for ''[[Monday Night Football]]''.
'''''Major Moves''''' is a studio album by American [[country music]] artist [[Hank Williams Jr.]] It was released by [[Warner Bros. Records]] in May 1984. "Attitude Adjustment," "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" and the title track were released as singles. The album reached #1 on the [[Top Country Albums]] chart<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r94771/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} allmusic ((( Major Moves > Charts & Awards )))]</ref> and has been certified Platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].<ref>[http://www.riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=major%20moves&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 RIAA - Gold & Platinum]</ref>


“Promises” was previously recorded by [[Eric Clapton]] on his 1978 album ''[[Backless]]''.
"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight", which would become a hit in its own right, is now best known to [[American football|football]] fans as the song Williams would remake as "Are You Ready For Some Football?" for ''[[Monday Night Football]]''.


==Commercial and critical success==
==Commercial and critical success==
''Major Moves'' was a significant success for Williams, becoming his first album to reach number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top Country Albums]] chart. It also became his eleventh album to be certified Gold and third to be certified Platinum by the RIAA. Williams received a number of prestigious music industry awards during this time, including winning the inaugural [[Country Music Association]] and [[Academy of Country Music]] awards for Music Video of the Year for "[[All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight]]". The ACM also nominated Williams for Top Male Vocalist, his third nomination for the award, and he received his first nomination for CMA Male Vocalist of the Year. He also earned his second [[Grammy Awards|Grammy nomination]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance|Best Country Vocal Performance, Male]] for "[[All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight]]".
''Major Moves'' was a significant success for Williams, becoming his first album to reach number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top Country Albums]] chart since the 1960s. It also became his eleventh album to be certified Gold and third to be certified Platinum by the RIAA. Williams received a number of prestigious music industry awards during this time, including winning the inaugural [[Country Music Association]] and [[Academy of Country Music]] awards for Music Video of the Year for [[All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight]]. The ACM also nominated Williams for Top Male Vocalist, his third nomination for the award, and he received his first nomination for CMA Male Vocalist of the Year. “[[All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight]]” became one of Williams’ signature songs and earned him two [[Grammy Awards|Grammy nominations]], one for [[Grammy Award for Best Country Song|Best Country Song]] and one for [[Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance|Best Country Vocal Performance, Male]].


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
# "[[All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight]]" (Hank Williams Jr.) - 2:57
# [[All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight]] ([[Hank Williams Jr.]]) 2:57
# "Promises" (Richard Feldman, [[Roger Linn]]) - 3:00
# “[[Promises (Eric Clapton song)|Promises]]” (Richard Feldman, [[Roger Linn]]) 3:00
# "Video Blues" (Williams) - 2:54
# “Video Blues” (Williams) 2:54
# "[[Major Moves (song)|Major Moves]]" (Williams) - 3:34
# [[Major Moves (song)|Major Moves]] (Williams) 3:34
# "Blues Medley: My Starter Won't Start This Morning/ Hold Up Your Head/ [[One Kind Favor]]/ [[Trouble in Mind (song)|Trouble in Mind]] (feat. [[John Lee Hooker]] & [[Ray Charles]])" ([[Sam Lightnin' Hopkins]]/ [[Elmore James]]/ [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]]/ [[Richard M. Jones]]) - 5:41
# “Blues Medley: My Starter Won’t Start This Morning; Hold Up Your Head; [[One Kind Favor]]; [[Trouble in Mind (song)|Trouble in Mind]] (feat. [[John Lee Hooker]] & [[Ray Charles]]) ([[Lightnin’ Hopkins]], [[Elmore James]], [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]], [[Richard M. Jones]]) 5:41
# "Mr. Lincoln" ([[Jimmy Bowen]], Williams) - 4:17
# “Mr. Lincoln” ([[Jimmy Bowen]], Williams) 4:17
# "Country Relaxin'" (Williams) - 2:36
# “Country Relaxin’” (Williams) 2:36
# "[[Attitude Adjustment (song)|Attitude Adjustment]]" (Williams) - 2:56
# [[Attitude Adjustment (song)|Attitude Adjustment]] (Williams) 2:56
# "Knoxville Courthouse Blues" (Williams) - 3:41
# “Knoxville Courthouse Blues” (Williams) 3:41
# "[[Wild and Blue]]" ([[John Scott Sherrill]]) - 3:30
# [[Wild and Blue]] ([[John Scott Sherrill]]) 3:30


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*Matt Betton - [[drums]]
*Matt Betton [[drums]]
*[[Dickey Betts]] - [[slide guitar]]
*[[Dickey Betts]] [[slide guitar]]
*Mark Casstevens – [[banjo]], tenor banjo
*[[Jimmy Bowen]] - [[recorder (musical instrument)|recorder]]
*[[Ray Charles]] – [[piano]], [[electric piano]], and vocals on track 5
*Mark Casstevens - [[banjo]], tenor banjo
*Vernon Derrick – [[fiddle]], [[mandolin]]
*[[Ray Charles]] - [[piano]], [[electric piano]], and vocals on track 5
*Bessyl Duhon – [[concertina]]
*Vernon Derrick - [[fiddle]], [[mandolin]]
*Bessyl Duhon - [[concertina]]
*Ray Edenton [[acoustic guitar]]
*[[Hoot Hester]] – fiddle
*Ray Edenton - [[acoustic guitar]]
*[[John Lee Hooker]] – vocals on track 5
*[[Hoot Hester]] - fiddle
*[[John Lee Hooker]] - vocals on track 5
*[[David Hungate]] [[bass guitar]]
*[[David Hungate]] - [[bass guitar]]
*[[John Barlow Jarvis]] [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*Irving Kane – [[trombone]]
*[[John Barlow Jarvis]] - [[keyboards]]
*“Cowboy” Eddie Long – [[steel guitar]]
*Irving Kane - [[trombone]]
*Jerry McKinney – [[clarinet]], [[soprano saxophone]], [[tenor saxophone]]
*"Cowboy" Eddie Long - [[steel guitar]]
*[[Terry McMillan]] – [[harmonica]]
*Jerry McKinney - [[clarinet]], [[soprano saxophone]], [[tenor saxophone]]
*[[Terry McMillan]] - [[harmonica]]
*Terry Mead [[trumpet]]
*Kenny Mims – acoustic guitar
*Terry Mead - [[trumpet]]
*Farrell Morris – [[maracas]], [[marimba]], [[percussion]]
*Kenny Mims - acoustic guitar
*Farrell Morris - [[maracas]], [[marimba]], [[percussion]]
*Lamar Morris acoustic guitar, [[electric guitar]]
*Gove Scrivenor – [[autoharp]]
*Lamar Morris - acoustic guitar, [[electric guitar]]
*[[Randy Scruggs]] – [[dobro]], acoustic guitar
*Gove Scrivenor - [[autoharp]]
*[[James Stroud]] – percussion
*[[Randy Scruggs]] - [[dobro]], acoustic guitar
*Bobby Thompson – banjo
*[[James Stroud]] - percussion
*Steve Tillisch – background vocals
*Bobby Thompson - banjo
*Wayne Turner – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Steve Tillisch - background vocals
*Wayne Turner - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*[[Billy Joe Walker Jr.]] – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*[[Billy Joe Walker Jr.]] - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*[[Hank Williams Jr.]] dobro, electric guitar, keyboards, lead vocals
*[[Hank Williams Jr.]] - dobro, electric guitar, keyboards, recorder, lead vocals
*[[Reggie Young]] electric guitar
*[[Reggie Young]] - electric guitar


==Charts==
== Chart performance ==
{{col-start}}
{| class="wikitable"
{{col-2}}
! Chart (1984)

! Peak<br />position
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1984)
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
| align="center"| 1
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Canadian Country Albums (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')
| U.S. ''Billboard'' 200
| 20
| align="center"| 100
|-
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|100|artist=Hank Williams Jr. 2|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}
| Canadian ''RPM'' Country Albums
|-
| align="center"| 20
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Hank Williams Jr. 2|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}
|}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1984)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1984/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1984|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref>
| 13
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1985)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1985/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 8, 2021}}</ref>
| 23
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Hank Williams Jr.|title=Major Moves|award=Platinum|relyear=1984|certyear=1998|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

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{{s-bef | before= ''[[Roll On (Alabama album)|Roll On]]''<br> by [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]]}}
{{s-ttl | title= [[Top Country Albums]] [[List of number-one country albums of 1984 (U.S.)|number-one album]] | years= July 21 - August 25, 1984}}
{{s-aft | after= ''[[Right or Wrong (George Strait album)|Right or Wrong]]''<br> by [[George Strait]]}}
{{s-bef | before= ''Right or Wrong''<br> by George Strait}}
{{s-ttl | title= Top Country Albums number-one album | years= September 15, 1984}}
{{s-aft | after= ''[[It's All in the Game (Merle Haggard album)|It's All in the Game]]''<br> by [[Merle Haggard]]}}
{{s-end}}


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Latest revision as of 14:36, 24 June 2024

Major Moves
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1984 (1984-05)
Length35:02
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerJimmy Bowen
Hank Williams Jr.
Hank Williams Jr. chronology
Man of Steel
(1983)
Major Moves
(1984)
Hank Williams Jr.’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
(1985)
Singles from Major Moves
  1. "Attitude Adjustment"
    Released: June 11, 1984
  2. "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"
    Released: October 1, 1984
  3. "Major Moves"
    Released: January 19, 1985

Major Moves is the thirty-seventh studio album by American musician Hank Williams Jr. It was released by Warner Bros. Records in May 1984. “Attitude Adjustment,” “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” and the title track were released as singles. The album reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart[1] and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.[2]

“All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight”, which would become a hit in its own right, is now best known to football fans as the song Williams would remake as “Are You Ready For Some Football?” for Monday Night Football.

“Promises” was previously recorded by Eric Clapton on his 1978 album Backless.

Commercial and critical success

[edit]

Major Moves was a significant success for Williams, becoming his first album to reach number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart since the 1960s. It also became his eleventh album to be certified Gold and third to be certified Platinum by the RIAA. Williams received a number of prestigious music industry awards during this time, including winning the inaugural Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music awards for Music Video of the Year for “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight”. The ACM also nominated Williams for Top Male Vocalist, his third nomination for the award, and he received his first nomination for CMA Male Vocalist of the Year. “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” became one of Williams’ signature songs and earned him two Grammy nominations, one for Best Country Song and one for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male.

Track listing

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  1. All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” (Hank Williams Jr.) – 2:57
  2. Promises” (Richard Feldman, Roger Linn) – 3:00
  3. “Video Blues” (Williams) – 2:54
  4. Major Moves” (Williams) – 3:34
  5. “Blues Medley: My Starter Won’t Start This Morning; Hold Up Your Head; One Kind Favor; Trouble in Mind (feat. John Lee Hooker & Ray Charles)” (Lightnin’ Hopkins, Elmore James, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Richard M. Jones) – 5:41
  6. “Mr. Lincoln” (Jimmy Bowen, Williams) – 4:17
  7. “Country Relaxin’” (Williams) – 2:36
  8. Attitude Adjustment” (Williams) – 2:56
  9. “Knoxville Courthouse Blues” (Williams) – 3:41
  10. Wild and Blue” (John Scott Sherrill) – 3:30

Personnel

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Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ allmusic ((( Major Moves > Charts & Awards )))
  2. ^ RIAA - Gold & Platinum
  3. ^ "Hank Williams Jr. 2 Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "Hank Williams Jr. 2 Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  5. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1984". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  7. ^ "American album certifications – Hank Williams Jr. – Major Moves". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 3, 2021.