It was released in January 1982 as the lead-off single and title track to Alabama's album Mountain Music.

"[4] According to Randy Owen's book Born Country, "Mountain Music" took him three years to write.

"Mountain Music" is one of the few Alabama songs where solo vocals can prominently be heard from band members Teddy Gentry and Jeff Cook (in the song's third verse, where lead singer Owen trades off lead vocals with his bandmates).

Brad Paisley's 2011 single "Old Alabama" incorporates the bridge from "Mountain Music", again sung by Owen, Gentry and Cook.

[5] The single edit to "Mountain Music", released for retail sale and radio airplay, cuts the following from the album version: Country music duo Montgomery Gentry covered the song from the television special George Strait: ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert.