Country Girls (John Schneider song)

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"Country Girls"
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Single by John Schneider
from the album Too Good to Stop Now
B-side "The Time of My Life"
ReleasedDecember 1984
Recorded1984
Genre Country
Length3:11
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Troy Seals and Eddie Setser
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen
John Schneider singles chronology
"I've Been Around Enough to Know"
(1984)
"Country Girls"
(1984)
"It's a Short Walk from Heaven to Hell"
(1985)

"Country Girls" is a song written by Troy Seals and Eddie Setser, and recorded by American country music artist and The Dukes of Hazzard cast member John Schneider. It was released in December 1984 as the second single from the album Too Good to Stop Now . The song was Schneider's second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week, and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart. [1]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984-1985)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Year-end charts

Chart (1985)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [3] 27

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 305.
  2. "John Schneider Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 11, 2021.