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"Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind" is a song written by Dave Gibson and Bernie Nelson, and recorded by American country music band Confederate Railroad. It was released in 1994 as the lead-off single from their album Notorious. It peaked at number 9 the United States, and number 7 in Canada. It is their last top ten in the United States.

Content

The song is about the narrator's father, who rejects the concepts of material wealth when his son purchases a Cadillac automobile. In the final verse, the father dies and his body is driven off in the same Cadillac to his burial site.

Music video

The music video was directed by Martin Kahan, and is entirely in black and white.

Chart positions

Year-end charts

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 87.
2. Alice Randall, Carter Little, Courtney Little (3 December 2006). My Country Roots: The Ultimate MP3 Guide to America's Original Outsider Music. Thomas Nelson. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4185-8410-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2513." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 27, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
4. "Confederate Railroad Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
5. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

• 1994 songs
• Confederate Railroad songs
• 1994 singles
• Atlantic Records singles
• Song recordings produced by Barry Beckett
• Songs written by Dave Gibson (American songwriter)
• Songs about fathers
• Songs about cars
• Songs about death