Beer and Bones

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"Beer and Bones"
Single by John Michael Montgomery
from the album Life's a Dance
ReleasedJuly 10, 1993
Genre Country
Length3:38
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Sanger D. Shafer, Lonnie Williams
Producer(s) Doug Johnson
John Michael Montgomery singles chronology
"I Love the Way You Love Me"
(1993)
"Beer and Bones"
(1993)
"I Swear"
(1993)

"Beer and Bones" is a song written by Sanger D. Shafer and Lonnie Williams, and recorded by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. It was released in July 1993 as the third and final single from his 1992 debut album Life's a Dance . The song reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 13
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [3] 23
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 21

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 235.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2254." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. October 2, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  3. "John Michael Montgomery Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. "John Michael Montgomery Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.