Peak
15
Weeks
26
Score
3,459
Chart Year
2013
Rucker released a music video of the song on March 21, 2013, which features Si, Jase, Sadie, Korie and Willie Robertson of the television show Duck Dynasty, along with Charles Kelley of Lady A. It was filmed in Watertown, Tennessee.
Darius Rucker recorded a country version of the song with backing vocals from Lady Antebellum as the second single on his third solo project, True Believers, released on Capitol Records. He joined Old Crow Medicine Show at the Grand Ole Opry July 6, 2012, "for a special rendition of 'Wagon Wheel'" where the fans "went crazy over Rucker's cover of the Old Crow Medicine Show hit." After this reception he tweeted out: "Secret out after @opry perf. I recorded a version of 'Wagon Wheel' for my new record and @ladyantebellum sings on track
Headin' down south to the land of the pines I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline Starin' up the road and pray to God I see headlights I made it down the coast in seventeen hours Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight So, rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama any way you feel Hey... mama rock me Rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a southbound train Hey... mama rock me Runnin' from the cold up in New England I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now Oh, north country winters keep a-gettin' me down Lost my money playin' poker, so I had to leave town But I ain't a-turnin' back to livin' that old life no more So, rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama any way you feel Hey... mama rock me Yeah, rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a southbound train Hey... mama rock me Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke I caught a trucker out of Philly, had a nice long toke But he's a-headin' west from the Cumberland Gap To Johnson City, Tennessee And I gotta get a move on before the sun I hear my baby callin' my name and I know that she's the only one And if I died in Raleigh, at least I will die free So, rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama any way you feel Hey... mama rock me Oh, rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a southbound train Hey... mama rock me So, rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama any way you feel (oh, I wanna feel) Hey... mama rock me Rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a southbound train Hey... mama rock me
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 2, 2013 | 96 | 30 |
| 5 | Mar 2, 2013 | 95 | 31 |
| 6 | Mar 9, 2013 | 87 | 39 |
| 7 | Mar 16, 2013 | 69 | 57 |
| 8 | Mar 23, 2013 | 56 | 70 |
| 9 | Mar 30, 2013 | 47 | 79 |
| 10 | Apr 6, 2013 | 38 | 88 |
| 11 | Apr 13, 2013 | 30 | 96 |
| 12 | Apr 20, 2013 | 24 | 102 |
| 13 | Apr 27, 2013 | 21 | 105 |
| 14 | May 4, 2013 | 20 | 106 |
| 15 | May 11, 2013 | 18 | 108 |
| 16 | May 18, 2013 | 16 | 110 |
| 17 | May 25, 2013 | 18 | 108 |
| 18 | Jun 1, 2013 | 21 | 105 |
| 19 | Jun 8, 2013 | 15 | 111 |
| 20 | Jun 15, 2013 | 19 | 107 |
| 21 | Jun 22, 2013 | 18 | 108 |
| 22 | Jun 29, 2013 | 22 | 104 |
| 23 | Jul 6, 2013 | 26 | 100 |