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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll

| cover = Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll cover.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| type = single

| album = Emmer Dance

| B-side = Line Dancing

| artist = the Woolpackers

| released =

| recorded =

| studio =

* Metropolis, Westside (London, England)

* Skratch (Surrey, England)

* The Enterprise (Los Angeles)

| genre = Country

| length = 2:36

| label =

* RCA

* BMG

| writer =

* Edwin Michael Phillips

* Robert Anthony Garner

| producer = Nigel Wright

| next_title = Line Dance Party

| next_year = 1997

| misc =

}}

"'Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll'" is a song by English country rock trio the Woolpackers, written by Eddie Phillips and Bob Garner of the Creation and produced by Nigel Wright. The song was created as an attempt to cash in on the line dancing trend that was prominent in the United Kingdom at the time using three actors from the ITV soap opera 'Emmerdale': Steve Halliwell, Billy Hartman, and Alun Lewis, who performed the song on an episode of the programme.

"Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" was released as a single in the UK on 4 November 1996 and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, earning a silver sales certification the same year for shipping over 200,000 units in the UK alone. The track stayed in the UK top 20 for nine weeks and was the country's 41st-best-selling single of 1996.

Track listings



'UK CD and cassette single'

# "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll"

# "Line Dancing"

# "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" (instrumental)

'UK and Irish CD single'

# "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll"

# "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" (Wand's Fully Dramatised club mix)

# "Line Dancing"

# "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" (instrumental)

Credits and personnel



Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes.

'Studios'

* Recorded and mixed at Metropolis Studios, Westside Studios (London, England), Skratch Studios (Surrey, England), and The Enterprise (Los Angeles)

'Personnel'

* Edwin Michael Phillips writing

* Robert Anthony Garner writing

* Nigel Wright production

* Robin Sellars engineering

* Lee McCutcheon programming

Charts



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



Certifications



References



Category:1996 debut singles

Category:1996 songs

Category:Bertelsmann Music Group singles

Category:British country music songs

Category:Emmerdale

Category:RCA Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Nigel Wright (record producer)

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