Expert: Mel Priddle - 6/5/2008

Question
What was Alabama's last number 1 hit?

Answer
Hello Joe,

Alabama had 32 No.1 hits according to Billboard magazine's country singles chart, culminating in 1993's "Reckless".

1980: "Tennessee River"; "Why Lady Why"
1981: "Old Flame"; "Feels So Right"; "Love in the First Degree"
1982: "Mountain Music"; "Take Me Down"; "Close Enough to Perfect"
1983: "Dixieland Delight"; "The Closer You Get"; "Lady Down on Love"
1984: "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)"; "When We Make Love"; "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)"
1985: "(There's A) Fire in the Night"; "There's No Way"; "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')"; "Can't Keep a Good Man Down"
1986: "She and I"; "Touch Me When We're Dancing"
1987: "'You've Got' the Touch"
1988: "Face to Face" (duet with K.T. Oslin); "Fallin' Again"
1989: "Song of the South"; "If I Had You"; "High Cotton"
1990: "Southern Star"; "Jukebox in My Mind"
1991: "Forever's as Far as I'll Go"; "Down Home"
1992: "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)"
1993: "Reckless"

However, several other songs reached the top of the various other magazine charts (e.g. Cash Box). The following songs made it to No.1 on these charts, but not on Billboard's (although they all made it to Billboard's top 5).

1991: "Here We Are"; "Then Again"
1992: "Born Country"; "Take A Little Trip"
1993: "Once Upon a Lifetime"
1995: "Give Me One More Shot"; "She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl"; "In Pictures"
1997: "Sad Lookin' Moon"
1998: "How Do You Fall In Love"

So, depending upon which chart you choose to follow, the answer to your question is either "Reckless" or "How Do You Fall In Love".


Glad to be of help. Cheers.........Mel.