Every Which Way but Loose (song)

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"Every Which Way but Loose"
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Single by Eddie Rabbitt
from the album Every Which Way But Loose Soundtrack
B-side "Under the Double Eagle"
ReleasedDecember 1978 (U.S.)
Recorded1978
Genre
Length2:51
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Snuff Garrett
Eddie Rabbitt singles chronology
"I Just Want to Love You"
(1978)
"Every Which Way but Loose"
(1978)
"Suspicions"
(1979)

"Every Which Way but Loose" is a song written by Steve Dorff, Snuff Garrett and Milton Brown, and recorded by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. [1] [2] [3] It was released in November 1978 as the only single from the soundtrack to the 1978 film of the same name, it spent three weeks atop the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in February 1979. [4]

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Highest debut

Released just weeks before Every Which Way But Loose premiered nationwide, the song debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, the highest debut since the inception of the 100-position chart in July 1973.[ citation needed ] The record was later tied by Garth Brooks' "Good Ride Cowboy" in 2005. [5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978–1979)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [6] 32
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 30
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [9] 26
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Top Singles47
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks4
New Zealand Singles Chart28
U.K. Singles Chart41

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [10] 4

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