Six Days on the Road

This article is about a song. For the Sawyer Brown album, see Six Days on the Road (album).
"Six Days on the Road"
Single by Dave Dudley
from the album Songs About the Working Man
B-side"I Feel a Cry Coming On"
ReleasedMay 1963 (U.S.)
RecordedMarch 1963
StudioKay Bank Studios (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
GenreCountry, truck-driving country
Length2:24
LabelGolden Wing 3020
SongwritersEarl Green and Carl Montgomery
ProducerShelby Singleton
Dave Dudley singles chronology
"Under the Cover of the Night"
(1962) 		"Six Days on the Road"
(1963) 		"Cowboy Boots"
(1963)

"Six Days on the Road" is a truck-driving country song written by Earl Green and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio songwriter Carl Montgomery, made famous by country music singer Dave Dudley. The song was initially recorded by Paul Davis (not to be confused with the singer) and released in 1961 on the Bulletin label. In 1963, the song became a major hit when released by Dudley, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and cracking the top 40 (number 32) on the Hot 100, leading to it being hailed as the definitive celebration of the American truck driver.

In 1997, more than 30 years after Dudley's version charted, country music band Sawyer Brown took the song back to the Hot Country Songs chart, reaching number 13.

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