I Should Have Been True

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"I Should Have Been True"
Single by The Mavericks
from the album What a Crying Shame
B-side "The Losing Side of Me"
ReleasedJanuary 28, 1995
Genre Neotraditional Country, western swing
Length5:14
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Raul Malo, Stan Lynch
Producer(s) Don Cook
The Mavericks singles chronology
"There Goes My Heart"
(1994)
"I Should Have Been True"
(1995)
"All That Heaven Will Allow"
(1995)

"I Should Have Been True" is a song recorded by American country music group The Mavericks. It was released in January 1995 as the fourth single from the album What a Crying Shame . The song reached #30 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Raul Malo and Stan Lynch.

Chart performance

Chart (1995)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 30
Canadian RPM Country Tracks34

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 210.
  2. "The Mavericks Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.