Country Is

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"Country Is"
Single by Tom T. Hall
from the album Country Is
B-side "God Came Through Bellville Georgia"
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1974
Genre Country
Length2:09
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Tom T. Hall
Producer(s) Jerry Kennedy
Tom T. Hall singles chronology
"That Song Is Driving Me Crazy"
(1974)
"Country Is"
(1974)
"I Care"
(1974)

"Country Is" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in September 1974 as the second and final single from the album of the same name, Country Is. The song was Hall's fifth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for a single week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1974)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 149.
  2. "Tom T. Hall Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.