Hang On to Your Heart

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"Hang On to Your Heart"
Single by Exile
from the album Hang On to Your Heart
B-side "She Likes Her Lovin'"
ReleasedJuly 1985
Genre Country
Length3:40
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) J.P. Pennington
Sonny LeMaire
Producer(s) Buddy Killen
Exile singles chronology
"She's a Miracle"
(1985)
"Hang On to Your Heart"
(1985)
"I Could Get Used to You"
(1986)

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Chart performance

Chart (1985)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 118.
  2. "Exile Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.