Steve Earle - - Copperhead Road

The song reached No. 10 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, Earle's highest-peaking single.

A Vietnam veteran who returns to his family's land to grow marijuana, using "Viet Cong tactics" to evade the DEA.

The album version of another track on the record, "Johnny Come Lately," features the Irish punk band The Pogues .

The song's steady, pounding rhythm inspired a popular country line dance that remains a staple in bars and at events.

Copperhead Road was an actual road near Mountain City, Tennessee. It has since been renamed Copperhead Hollow Road because the original road signs were repeatedly stolen by fans. Commercial & Cultural Impact

As of 2017, it has sold over 1.1 million digital copies in the U.S..

The lyrics follow a multi-generational outlaw legacy: