I Know How He Feels

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"I Know How He Feels"
Single by Reba McEntire
from the album Reba
B-side "So So So Long"
ReleasedAugust 1988
Genre Country pop
Length3:20
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Rick Bowles
Will Robinson
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen
Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire singles chronology
"Sunday Kind of Love"
(1988)
"I Know How He Feels"
(1988)
"New Fool at an Old Game"
(1988)

"I Know How He Feels" is a song written by Rick Bowles and Will Robinson, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in August 1988 as the second single from the album Reba . The song was McEntire's eleventh number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart. [1]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks [3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [4] 90

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