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{{Infobox song | name = Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Billy Joe Royal | album = Out of the Shadows | B-side = This Too Shall Pass | released = May 12, 1990 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 3:27 | label = Atlantic | writer = [[Nelson Larkin, Donny Kees, Pal Rakes | producer = Nelson Larkin]] | prev_title = Till I Can't Take It Anymore | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = A Ring Where a Ring Used to Be | next_year = 1990 }} "Searchin for Some Kind of Clue" is a song written by Nelson Larkin, Donny Kees and Pal Rakes, and recorded by American country music artist Billy Joe Royal. It was released in May 1990 as the first single from the album Out of the Shadows. The song reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
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References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 302.
- ↑ Peppiatt, Francesca (19 February 2004). Country Music's Most Wanted. ISBN 9781612342412.
- ↑ "Billy Joe Royal Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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