Joe Diffie's 'John Deere Green' was released in 1993 as a single from his album Honky Tonk Attitude, written by Dennis Linde and becoming a top-five Billboard Hot Country Songs hit. The song tells the story of Billy and Charlene in small-town America, where Billy paints the water tower green in a declaration of love. It became one of Diffie's signature songs and a country radio staple through the 1990s and beyond. Short clips of it circulate online today because the title alone is a punchline for anyone in farm, truck or rural meme culture.