Don't Go to Strangers (T. Graham Brown song)

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"Don't Go to Strangers"
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Single by T. Graham Brown
from the album I Tell It Like It Used to Be
B-side "Rock It, Billy"
ReleasedJanuary 31, 1987
Genre Country
Length4:03
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Russell Smith, J.D. Martin
Producer(s) Bud Logan
T. Graham Brown singles chronology
"Hell and High Water"
(1986)
"Don't Go to Strangers"
(1987)
"Brilliant Conversationalist"
(1987)

"Don't Go to Strangers" is a song written by Russell Smith and J.D. Martin, and recorded by American country music artist T. Graham Brown. [1] It was released in January 1987 as the fourth single from the album I Tell It Like It Used to Be . The song was Brown'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. [2]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [4] 20

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References

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  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 58.
  3. "T. Graham Brown Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Retrieved June 28, 2021.