(You Bring Out) The Wild Side of Me

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"(You Bring Out) The Wild Side of Me"
Single by Dan Seals
from the album San Antone
B-side "One Friend" [1]
ReleasedJune 1984
Genre Country
Length3:21
Label EMI America
Songwriter(s) Dan Seals
Producer(s) Kyle Lehning
Dan Seals singles chronology
"God Must Be a Cowboy"
(1984)
"(You Bring Out) The Wild Side of Me"
(1984)
"My Baby's Got Good Timing"
(1984)

"(You Bring Out) The Wild Side of Me" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dan Seals. It was released in June 1984 as the first single from his album San Antone . It peaked at No. 9 in mid-1984, thus becoming his second top ten hit on both the U.S. and Canadian country charts.

Chart positions

Chart (1984)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 9
Canadian RPM Country Tracks6

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 372. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. "Dan Seals Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.