@mama.rocks.13: Mississippi Squirrel Revival Songwriter(s)Cyrus "Buddy" Kalb, (Carlene) from his 1984 album  He Thinks He's Ray Stevens Originally, "Mississippi Squirrel Revival" was not intended to be a single, but it was rush-released when various radio stations began playing it. Stevens felt that its release would help re-establish him as a novelty artist after several albums mostly composed of serious material. Stevens felt that novelty music was experiencing a revival in the middle 1980s after a period in the early 1980s where it was not as popular. As with many other Stevens songs, a music video was produced several years later, with the songwriters in prominent roles; Cyrus "Buddy" Kalb played the squirrel's first target. #raystevens #noveltysongs #officialmusicvideo #ifonlyfor59seconds