I Brake for Brunettes

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"I Brake for Brunettes"
Single by Rhett Akins
from the album A Thousand Memories
ReleasedJanuary 21, 1995
Genre Country
Length3:23
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Rhett Akins, Sandy Ramos
Producer(s) Mark Wright
Rhett Akins singles chronology
"What They're Talkin' About"
(1994)
"I Brake for Brunettes"
(1995)
"That Ain't My Truck"
(1995)

"I Brake for Brunettes" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rhett Akins. It was released in January 1995 as the second single from the album A Thousand Memories . The song reached No. 36 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Akins and Sandy Ramos.

Chart performance

Chart (1995)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 36
Canadian RPM Country Tracks28

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 16.
  2. "Rhett Akins Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.