Chains of Gold (song)

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"Chains of Gold"
Single by Sweethearts of the Rodeo
from the album Sweethearts of the Rodeo
B-side "Gotta Get Away"
ReleasedApril 4, 1987
Genre Country
Length2:53
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Paul Kennerley
Producer(s) Steve Buckingham
Sweethearts of the Rodeo singles chronology
"Midnight Girl/Sunset Town"
(1986)
"Chains of Gold"
(1987)
"Gotta Get Away"
(1987)

"Chains of Gold" is a song written Paul Kennerley, and recorded by American country music duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo. It was released in April 1987 as the fourth single from the album Sweethearts of the Rodeo . The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1987)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 4
Canadian RPM Country Tracks7

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 341.
  2. "Sweethearts of the Rodeo Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.