But It's Cheating

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"But It's Cheating"
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Single by Family Brown
from the album Nothing Really Changes
B-side "No One's Gonna Love Me (Like You Do)" [1]
Released1980
Genre Country
Length3:20
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Barry Brown
Producer(s) Jack Feeney
Family Brown singles chronology
"Love Was on Our Side"
(1979)
"But It's Cheating"
(1980)
"It's Really Love This Time"
(1980)

"But It's Cheating" is a single by Canadian country music group Family Brown. Released in 1980, it was the first single from their seventh studio album Nothing Really Changes. The song reached number one on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada in September 1980. [2] The song was re-released in early 1982, peaking at number 30 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the United States. [1]

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Chart (1982)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks43
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles30

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References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 141. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. "RPM Country Tracks for September 27, 1980". RPM . Retrieved 24 November 2010.[ permanent dead link ]