Forever's as Far as I'll Go

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"Forever's as Far as I'll Go"
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Single by Alabama
from the album Pass It On Down
B-side "Starting Tonight" [1]
ReleasedOctober 18, 1990
Genre Country
Length3:36
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Mike Reid
Producer(s) Alabama
Larry Michael Lee
Josh Leo
Alabama singles chronology
"Jukebox in My Mind"
(1990)
"Forever's as Far as I'll Go"
(1990)
"Down Home"
(1991)

"Forever's as Far as I'll Go" is a song written by Mike Reid, and recorded by American country music group Alabama. It was released in October 1990 as the third single from the album Pass It On Down . The song was Alabama's twenty-ninth number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twenty weeks on the country chart. [1]

Contents

Chart performance

Chart (1990–1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 3
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 41
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 3

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References

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  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1428." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. February 2, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  3. "Alabama Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM . December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  5. "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.