Hell and High Water (T. Graham Brown song)

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"Hell and High Water"
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Single by T. Graham Brown
from the album I Tell It Like It Used to Be
B-side "Don't Make a Liar Out of Me"
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1986
Genre Country
Length3:11
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) T. Graham Brown, Alex Harvey
Producer(s) Bud Logan
T. Graham Brown singles chronology
"I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again"
(1986)
"Hell and High Water"
(1986)
"Don't Go to Strangers"
(1987)

Hell and High Water" is a song written by Alex Harvey and co-written and recorded by American country music artist T. Graham Brown. It was released in September 1986 as the third single from the album I Tell It Like It Used to Be . The song was Brown's third country hit and the first of three number ones on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country chart. [1]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986–1987)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [3] 11

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 58.
  2. "T. Graham Brown Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2021.