It Hasn't Happened Yet

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"It Hasn't Happened Yet"
Single by Rosanne Cash
from the album Somewhere in the Stars
B-side "Somewhere in the Stars"
ReleasedMarch 12, 1983
Genre Country
Length3:19
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) John Hiatt
Producer(s) Rodney Crowell
Rosanne Cash singles chronology
"I Wonder"
(1982)
"It Hasn't Happened Yet"
(1983)
"I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me"
(1985)

"It Hasn't Happened Yet" is a song written by John Hiatt, and originally recorded and released by Hiatt on his 1980 album Two Bit Monsters . American country music artist Rosanne Cash subsequently covered the song, releasing it in March 1983 as the third single from her album Somewhere in the Stars . Cash's version of "It Hasn't Happened Yet" reached #14 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

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Other versions

Ricky Nelson also covered the song on his 1981 album, Playing to Win.

Chart performance

Chart (1983)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 14

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  2. "Rosanne Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.