Fit to Be Tied Down (Sammy Kershaw song)

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"Fit to Be Tied Down"
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Single by Sammy Kershaw
from the album Politics, Religion and Her
B-side "For Years"
ReleasedApril 12, 1997
Genre Country
Length3:12
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Wynn Varble, Charles Victor
Producer(s) Keith Stegall
Sammy Kershaw singles chronology
"Politics, Religion and Her"
(1997)
"Fit to Be Tied Down"
(1997)
"Love of My Life"
(1997)

"Fit to Be Tied Down" is a song recorded by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was released in April 1997 as the fourth single from the album Politics, Religion and Her . The song reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Wynn Varble and Charles Victor.

Chart performance

Chart (1997)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 29
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[ citation needed ]49

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 181.
  2. "Sammy Kershaw Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.