Goin' Down Hill

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"Goin' Down Hill"
Single by John Anderson
from the album Wild & Blue
B-side "If a Broken Heart Could Kill" [1]
ReleasedJune 25, 1983
Genre Country
Length3:34
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)
  • John Anderson
  • X. Lincoln
Producer(s)
  • Frank Jones
  • John Anderson
John Anderson singles chronology
"Swingin'"
(1983)
"Goin' Down Hill"
(1983)
"Black Sheep"
(1983)

"Goin' Down Hill" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released in June 1983 as the third single from the album Wild & Blue . The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] Anderson wrote the song with X. Lincoln (aka Billy Lee Tubb).

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Chart performance

Chart (1983)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks7

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References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 26–27. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. "John Anderson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.