The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia

"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" is a song performed by actress, comedienne, and singer Vicki Lawrence (Mama's Family).

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Vicki Lawrence - Mama's Family

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Released in 1973, it is about a man who comes home to discover his wife has been cheating on him with a man named Seth Amos. His wife had also had an affair with Andy, the husband's friend, who tells him about the two affairs. The husband gets his gun to kill Andy, but finds that someone has already killed Andy. The police arrive and the husband is wrongly hung. Vicki then reveals that she is the husband's sister and was the one who shot Andy, and killed her brother's wife.

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In the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs, Nice Guy Eddie tells that he recently heard the song and for the first time realized that Vicki Lawrence is the one who shot Andy.

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1992 - Reservoir Dogs

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The song was a No. 1 one-hit wonder for Lawrence on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart, and also reached the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart. "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" was first offered to Cher, but she turned it down, as she did with the song "Angie Baby," which became a #1 hit for Helen Reddy in 1973 after Cher passed on it.

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One-hit wonder - Billboard magazine - Cher - Helen Reddy - 1973

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