Full Grown Fool

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"Full Grown Fool"
Single by Mickey Gilley
from the album Back to Basics
B-side "To My One and Only"
ReleasedApril 4, 1987
Genre Country
Length2:21
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Allen Reynolds, Susan Taylor
Producer(s) Norro Wilson, Mickey Gilley
Mickey Gilley singles chronology
"Doo-Wah Days"
(1986)
"Full Grown Fool"
(1987)
"I'm Your Puppet"
(1987)

"Full Grown Fool" is a song written by Allen Reynolds and Susan Taylor, and recorded by American country music artist Mickey Gilley. It was released in April 1987 as the only single from the compilation album Back to Basics. The song reached #16 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1987)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 16
Canadian RPM Country Tracks18

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 137.
  2. "Mickey Gilley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.