A Bitter End

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"A Bitter End"
Single by Deryl Dodd
from the album Deryl Dodd
B-side "Time on My Hands"
ReleasedSeptember 12, 1998
Genre Country
Length3:40
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Deryl Dodd, Kenny Beard
Producer(s) Chip Young, Blake Chancey
Deryl Dodd singles chronology
"Time on My Hands"
(1998)
"A Bitter End"
(1998)
"Sundown"
(1999)

"A Bitter End" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Deryl Dodd. It was released in September 1998 as the first single from the album Deryl Dodd. The song reached #26 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Dodd and Kenny Beard.

Contents

Critical reception

A review of the album in Billboard stated that the song was a "classic 'woe is lonely me' weeper." [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1998-1999)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 88
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 26
Canadian RPM Country Tracks44

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 103.
  2. "Reviews". Billboard. December 5, 1998. Retrieved 2 January 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "Deryl Dodd Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. "Deryl Dodd Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.