Cadillac Tears

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"Cadillac Tears"
Single by Kevin Denney
from the album Kevin Denney
ReleasedJune 15, 2002
Genre Country
Length2:58
Label Lyric Street
Songwriter(s) Leslie Satcher, Wynn Varble
Producer(s) Leigh Reynolds
Kevin Denney singles chronology
"That's Just Jessie"
(2001)
"Cadillac Tears"
(2002)
"It'll Go Away"
(2002)

"Cadillac Tears" is a song recorded by American country music artist Kevin Denney. It was released in June 2002 as the second single from the album Kevin Denney . The song reached #30 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Leslie Satcher and Wynn Varble.

Contents

Content

The song is about a divorcee who extravagantly spends the money that she has received in her settlement, such as a new Cadillac automobile. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (2002)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 30

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  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 98.
  2. "Entertainment". The Tenneseean. April 22, 2002. pp. 7D. Retrieved May 16, 2021.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "Kevin Denney Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.