| Wild-Eyed Southern Boys | ||||
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| Studio album by 38 Special | ||||
| Released | February 1981 | |||
| Recorded | September 1979–July 1980 at Studio One, Doraville, GA | |||
| Genre | Southern rock, rock, AOR, hard rock | |||
| Length | 39:30 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Rodney Mills | |||
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Wild-Eyed Southern Boys is the fourth studio album by the southern rock band 38 Special, released in 1981.
Three of the four songs written or co-written by Survivor's Jim Peterik for the album charted as singles: the title track, "Fantasy Girl" and "Hold On Loosely".
"Hold On Loosely" is a playable track in the PlayStation 2 video game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and a downloadable track for the Rock Band series. It was also used in the movies Joe Dirt, Without a Paddle and Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas.
Album – Billboard (North America)
Singles – Billboard (North America)