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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^[2] and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.^[3]

"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.

Commercial and critical success

Major Moves was a significant success for Williams, becoming his first album to reach number one on the 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 nomination for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male for "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight".

Track listing

"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" (Hank Williams, Jr.) - 2:57
"Promises" (Richard Feldman, Roger Linn) - 3:00
"Video Blues" (Williams) - 2:54
"Major Moves" (Williams) - 3:34
"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)" (Sam Lightnin' Hopkins/ Elmore James/ Blind Lemon Jefferson/ Richard M. Jones) - 5:41
"Mr. Lincoln" (Jimmy Bowen, Williams) - 4:17
"Country Relaxin'" (Williams) - 2:36
"Attitude Adjustment" (Williams) - 2:56
"Knoxville Courthouse Blues" (Williams) - 3:41
"Wild and Blue" (John Scott Sherrill) - 3:30

Personnel

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

Chart performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	100
Canadian RPM Country Albums	20

References

Preceded by Roll On by Alabama	Top Country Albums number-one album July 21 - August 25, 1984	Succeeded by Right or Wrong by George Strait
Preceded by Right or Wrong by George Strait	Top Country Albums number-one album September 15, 1984	Succeeded by It's All in the Game by Merle Haggard

[1] Allmusic review

[2] usic ((( Major Moves > Charts & Awards )))

[3] RIAA - Gold & Platinum

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

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Studio albums	Your Cheatin' Heart Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Sing Great Country Favorites Ballads of the Hills and Plains Blues My Name A Time to Sing Songs My Father Left Me Luke the Drifter Jr. – Vol. 2 Live at Cobo Hall After You, Pride's Not Hard to Swallow Hank Williams Jr. and Friends Family Tradition Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound Habits Old and New Rowdy The Pressure Is On High Notes Strong Stuff Man of Steel Major Moves Five-O Montana Cafe Hank Live Born to Boogie Wild Streak Lone Wolf Pure Hank Maverick Out of Left Field Hog Wild A.K.A. Wham Bam Sam Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts Stormy The Almeria Club Recordings I'm One of You 127 Rose Avenue It's About Time Rich White Honky Blues
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Fourteen Greatest Hits Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 America (The Way I See It) The Best of Hank Williams Jr. Volume One: Roots and Branches Tribute to My Father 20 Hits Special Collection, Vol. 1 Early Years, Vol. 1 Early Years, Vol. 2 The Bocephus Box That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection
Notable singles	"Long Gone Lonesome Blues" "Nobody's Child" "All for the Love of Sunshine" "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" (with Lois Johnson) "Rainin' in My Heart" "Eleven Roses" "Rainy Night in Georgia" "I'll Think of Something" "I Fought the Law" "To Love Somebody" "Family Tradition" "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound" "Women I've Never Had" "Kaw-Liga" "Old Habits" "Texas Women" "Dixie on My Mind" "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" "A Country Boy Can Survive" "Honky Tonkin'" "The American Dream" "Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight" "Leave Them Boys Alone" (with Ernest Tubb and Waylon Jennings) "Queen of My Heart" "Man of Steel" "Attitude Adjustment" "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" "Major Moves" "I'm for Love" "This Ain't Dallas" "Ain't Misbehavin'" "Country State of Mind" "Mind Your Own Business" (with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike and Willie Nelson) "Born to Boogie" "Heaven Can't Be Found" "Young Country" "If the South Woulda Won" "Early in the Morning and Late at Night" "There's a Tear in My Beer" (with Hank Williams Sr.) "Finders Are Keepers" "Ain't Nobody's Business" "Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'" "If It Will, It Will" "Devil in the Bottle" "Are You Ready for the Country?" (with Eric Church)
Guest singles	"The Conversation" (with Waylon Jennings) "That Old Wheel" (with Johnny Cash) "Bartender Song (Sittin' at a Bar)" (with Rehab)
Family	Hank Williams (father) Audrey Williams (mother) Jett Williams (half-sister) Hank Williams III (son) Holly Williams (daughter) Coleman Williams (grandson)
Related articles	Discography Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story