"Southbound" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music singer Mac McAnally for his 1990 album Simple Life.

It was released as a single by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw.

The song reached number 27 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

[1] The song is a ballad about a narrator expressing his nostalgia for his childhood in the Southern United States.

[2] Holly Gleason of CD Review described the song favorably, saying that it "paints a moving picture of emotional displacement.