Everybody Makes Mistakes (song)

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"Everybody Makes Mistakes"
Single by Lacy J. Dalton
from the album Takin' It Easy
B-side "Wild Turkey"
ReleasedDecember 5, 1981
Genre Country
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Lacy J. Dalton, Mark Sherrill
Producer(s) Billy Sherrill
Lacy J. Dalton singles chronology
"Takin' It Easy"
(1981)
"Everybody Makes Mistakes"
(1981)
"Slow Down"
(1982)

"Everybody Makes Mistakes" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Lacy J. Dalton. It was released in December 1981 as the second single from the album Takin' It Easy. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Dalton and Mark Sherrill.

Lacy J. Dalton American musician

Lacy J. Dalton is an American country singer and songwriter. She is known for her gritty, powerful vocals, which People Magazine likened to a country equivalent of Bonnie Raitt.

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Chart performance

Chart (1981–1982)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks28

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 96.