Killbilly Hill

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"Killbilly Hill"
Single by Southern Pacific
from the album Killbilly Hill
B-side "Bluegrass Blues"
ReleasedDecember 6, 1986
Genre Country
Length3:11
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Tim Goodman, John McFee
Producer(s) Southern Pacific, Jim Ed Norman
Southern Pacific singles chronology
"A Girl Like Emmylou"
(1986)
"Killbilly Hill"
(1986)
"Don't Let Go of My Heart"
(1987)

"Killbilly Hill" is a song written by Tim Goodman and John McFee, and recorded by American country music group Southern Pacific. It was released in December 1986 as the second single and title track from the album Killbilly Hill. The song reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1986-1987)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 37
Canadian RPM Country Tracks20

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 326.
  2. "Southern Pacific Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.