Finders Are Keepers

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"Finders Are Keepers"
Single by Hank Williams Jr.
from the album Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
B-side "What You Don't Know (Won't Hurt You)"
ReleasedMay 1989
Genre Country
Length3:02
Label Warner Bros./Curb
Songwriter(s) Hank Williams Jr.
Producer(s) Hank Williams Jr., Barry Beckett, Jim Ed Norman
Hank Williams Jr. singles chronology
"There's a Tear in My Beer"
(1989)
"Finders Are Keepers"
(1989)
"Ain't Nobody's Business"
(1990)

"Finders Are Keepers" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Hank Williams Jr. It was released in May 1989 as the second single from his compilation album Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 . The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

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Chart performance

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 5
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 94
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 71

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