The song reached No. 10 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, Earle's highest-peaking single.
The album version of another track on the record, "Johnny Come Lately," features the Irish punk band The Pogues . Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
Often called "power twang" by critics at Rolling Stone , the song features a distinctive intro that uses a synthesizer to mimic traditional Scottish bagpipes before transitioning into a driving mandolin riff and heavy rock beat. The song reached No
The lyrics follow a multi-generational outlaw legacy: Often called "power twang" by critics at Rolling
"Copperhead Road" is the title track of Steve Earle's 1988 breakthrough album, famously dubbed by Earle as the "world's first blend of heavy metal and bluegrass". The song is a narrative epic that blends outlaw country storytelling with hard rock energy, tracking three generations of the fictional John Lee Pettimore family in rural Tennessee.
As of 2017, it has sold over 1.1 million digital copies in the U.S..