"Mountain Music" is a song written by Randy Owen, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in January 1982 as the lead-off single and title track to Alabama's album Mountain Music.

"Mountain Music" — a song melding the Southern rock and bluegrass genres — has variously been described by country music writers as "a modern country classic" and a song that "practically defined what country groups have strived to accomplish."

According to Randy Owen's book, Born Country, "Mountain Music" took three years to write. He wanted to put his childhood experiences into a song.

The song references chert rocks, which according to the band is one song lyric that is commonly misheard.

In today's world, chert has very few uses, but many ancient cultures used it to make tools for cutting and scraping and also used it to make weapons like arrowheads and ax heads. It is very hard and durable and the edges of chert are very sharp. Chert is found in many colors.

Another misunderstood lyric is "skinnin' cats." Skinnin' cats is an exercise where you bend your body and pass it through you arms like you were turning yourself inside out. (SEE THE IMAGE ABOVE)