I Don't Have Far to Fall

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"I Don't Have Far to Fall"
Single by Skip Ewing
from the album The Coast of Colorado
B-side "Still Under the Weather"
ReleasedAugust 1988
Genre Country
Length3:28
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Skip Ewing, Don Sampson
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen, Skip Ewing
Skip Ewing singles chronology
"Your Memory Wins Again"
(1988)
"I Don't Have Far to Fall"
(1988)
"Burnin' a Hole in My Heart"
(1988)

"I Don't Have Far to Fall" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Skip Ewing. It was released in August 1988 as the second single from the album The Coast of Colorado . The song reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] Ewing wrote the song with Don Sampson.

Contents

Music video

The music video was directed by Jim May and premiered in mid-1988.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 8
Canadian RPM Country Tracks [3] 34

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [4] 54

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 117.
  2. "Skip Ewing Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "RPM 100 Country Singles" (PDF). RPM. October 15, 1988.
  4. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2021.