If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)

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"If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)"
Single by Vern Gosdin
from the album If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)
B-side "Favorite Fool of All"
ReleasedFebruary 12, 1983
Genre Country
Length3:18
Label Compleat
Songwriter(s) Vern Gosdin, Max D. Barnes
Producer(s) Blake Mevis
Vern Gosdin singles chronology
"Friday Night Feelin'"
(1983)
"If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)"
(1983)
"Way Down Deep"
(1983)

"If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in February 1983 as the first single and title track from the album If Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right). The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] Gosdin wrote the song with Max D. Barnes.

The song entered the charts at the same week as Gosdin's last single for AMI Records, "Friday Night Feelin'". That song charted at number 49 and was never included on an album. Kelly Lang covered the song; her version was released as a single to country radio on March 10, 2014. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1983)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks39

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 140.
  2. "Future Releases for Country Radio Stations". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014.
  3. "Vern Gosdin Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.