Popular Culture
The beauty of the Chattahoochee River is commemorated in the epic poem The Song of the Chattahoochee (1877), by the noted Georgian poet Sidney Lanier. Lake Lanier on the Chattahoochee is named for him.
The Chattahoochee River is featured in the video game Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, and in Backyard Baseball 2003, Tim Hudson mentions it.
Country music artist Alan Jackson released his song "Chattahoochee" in 1993 as a single off his album A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love). "Chattahoochee" received Country Music Association awards for Single of the Year and Song of the Year.
In an online video, rapper Yung Berg tosses his 'Transformers' chain into the Chattahoochee River.
Rapper Ludacris mentions the Chattahoochee River in the song "Who Not Me" on his 2004 album The Red Light District.
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