Mississippi was a popular single by Dutch

Netherlands

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 group Pussycat

Pussycat (Dutch band)

Pussycat was a Dutch country and pop music group from Brunssum, driven by the three Kowalczyk sisters: Tonny, Betty and Marianne. Other members of the band were Lou Willé , Theo Wetzels, Theo Coumans and John Theunissen.-Career:...

. Written by Werner Theunissen and produced by Eddy Hilberts, Mississippi was the sole number one single for Pussycat, spending four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October 1976

1976 in music

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The song was promoted by John Saunders Hughes in the UK through a Liverpool radio station.
The lyrics are about the history of music

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, how rock music

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 became more popular than country music

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Another version of this song was recorded by Barbara Fairchild

Barbara Fairchild

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There is also a version in Spanish

Spanish language

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 called "Te necesito" by the Colombia

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n singer Fernando Calle.

In 1979

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See also:Record labels established in 1979* 1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.-January–February:*January 1...

, Swedish

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 dansband

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 Vikingarna covered

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 the song in Swedish

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, with lyrics by Margot Borgström. The Swedish song title was also "Mississippi.

There was also a Czech

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 version of this song performed by singer and actress Petra Černocká.