The group held onto the emotive ballad for seven years. Upon its 1983 release, it was a country ... like "Song of the South," "I'm in a Hurry," "Cheap Seats" and "My Home's in Alabama" served ...

Fans have been waiting since early November, when the Red Clay Strays posted a photo of themselves on the Tiny Desk set.

Alabama earns the only entrant on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart tally ... on some of Billboard’s country tallies, though it doesn’t rank among the group’s many No. 1s and top ...