Ball and Chain (Paul Overstreet song)

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"Ball and Chain"
Single by Paul Overstreet
from the album Heroes
B-side "Love Lives On"
ReleasedJune 24, 1991
Genre Country
Length3:38
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Paul Overstreet
Don Schlitz
Producer(s) Brown Bannister
Paul Overstreet
Paul Overstreet singles chronology
"Heroes"
(1991)
"Ball and Chain"
(1991)
"If I Could Bottle This Up"
(1991)

"Ball and Chain" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Paul Overstreet. It was released in June 1991 as the third single from his album Heroes . The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1991. [1] It was written by Overstreet and Don Schlitz.

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Chart performance

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 5
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 72
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 59

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References

  1. Paul Overstreet Hot Country Songs Chart History
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1658." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. October 26, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  3. "Paul Overstreet Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM . December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  5. "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.