Allison Road

Infobox Single
Name = Allison Road


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Artist = Gin Blossoms
Album = New Miserable Experience
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Format = cassette tape
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Genre = Pop rock
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Label = Fontana, A&M
Writer = Robin Wilson
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Last single = "Found Out About You"
(1994)
This single = "Allison Road"
(1994)
Next single = "Til I Hear It from You"
(1995)
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Audio file= Gin Blossoms - Allison Road.ogg‎

"Allison Road" is a single from the Gin Blossoms.

History

In 1989, Robin Wilson passed by a sign on his way to El Paso that read "Next Exit Allison Road." His friend with whom he was riding had a sister named Allison, and so they stopped to take a picture. Five months later, Wilson had the picture and was bored. In a "Billboard" interview from 1994, he recalled:

I walked to the other room, sat down in front of the television and turned on CNN. And the moment the TV turned on I heard that little melody in my head; 'On Allison Road.' And I was like, 'Shit!' So I turned off the TV, climbed over the couch and went back in my bedroom and the song was pretty much done 20 minutes later. [Boehlert, Eric (1994-10-15), "The modern age". "Billboard". 106 (42):95]

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