<P> The ballad's story is a derivative of the traditional deal with the Devil motif . Charlie Daniels has stated in interviews, "I don't know where it came from, but it just did . Well, I think I might know where it came from, it may have come from an old poem called' The Mountain Whippoorwill' that Stephen Vincent Benét wrote many, many years ago (1925), that I had in high school ." </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (August 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (August 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> The Muppets performed a version of the song in The Muppet Show with special guest star Alan Arkin in 1980 . </Li> <Li> The Levellers released a version of the song in 1991 . </Li> <Li> David Allan Coe performed a paraody entitled "The Devil Went Down to Jamaica," in which Johnny is recast as a Jamaican drug dealer who is challenged by the devil to a pot - smoking contest to see whose marijuana is best: his, or Johnny's . </Li> <Li> It is parodied by Cledus T. Judd as "Cledus Went Down to Florida," by a Christian parody group called ApologetiX as "The Devil Went Down to Jordan," and as "Devil Went to Jamaica" by Travis Meyer (the song is frequently misattributed to Weird Al Yankovic, and David Allan Coe has also been cited as the performer .) </Li> <Li> Mexican country band Caballo Dorado recorded a Spanish version called "El diablo bajó a Georgia" on their album debut "Carretera 54". </Li> <Li> The rap group K.M.C. Kru released a hip hop re-imagining of the song entitled "The Devil Came Up to Michigan" in 1991, featuring the devil and a deejay competing for a turntable of gold . </Li> <Li> Rock / metal band Primus recorded a version of the song, which was released as a claymation music video on their 1998 Rhinoplasty EP and its companion Videoplasty video album, and also re-released on their 2003 EP Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People . The video was directed by Mike Johnson . </Li> <Li> Steve Ouimette (with Ed DeGenaro) performed a cover of the song for the 2007 video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock . This version uses electric guitars instead of fiddles, though the original lyrics are still performed . It is played as the conclusion of the game in a simulated guitar battle with the devil . Daniels objected to this version on the grounds that the devil often wins the contest, which he referred to as "violating the very essence of the song". </Li> <Li> Boston - based alternative band the Adam Ezra Group released a parody of the song in 2013 called The Devil Came Up To Boston . It depicted the devil as a New Yorker who comes to Boston to have a fiddle - playing battle with a Bostonian youth . This premise itself is a play on the rivalry between Boston and New York . It parodies many other stereotypes and facets of Boston and its culture, such as its distinctive dialect, its Irish heritage, and its notoriously loud subway system, among other things . The song became a bit of a local legend in the Boston area, as many radio stations desired to play it, but couldn't because of its extensive use of profanity, itself another stereotype of Bostonians . </Li> </Ul>

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