All the Way from Memphis
| "All the Way from Memphis" | ||||
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| Single by Mott the Hoople | ||||
| from the album Mott | ||||
| B-side | "Ballad of Mott the Hoople (26th March 1972, Zürich)" | |||
| Released | 31 August 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
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| Length | 3:24 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Ian Hunter | |||
| Producer(s) | Mott the Hoople | |||
| Mott the Hoople singles chronology | ||||
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"All the Way from Memphis" is a single released by Mott the Hoople as the lead track from the album Mott in 1973. The song tells a story about a rock and roller whose guitar is shipped to Oriole, Kentucky, instead of Memphis, Tennessee. The track peaked at No. 10 in the UK Singles Chart. Although it did not chart in the United States, it did receive considerable airplay on album-oriented rock stations. The Mott album, from which it was released, reached the Top 40 of the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 35.