Leave It Alone (The Forester Sisters song)

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"Leave It Alone"
Single by The Forester Sisters
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side "I Fell in Love Again Last Night"
ReleasedNovember 25, 1989
Genre Country
Length3:11
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s) Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd
Producer(s) Wendy Waldman
The Forester Sisters singles chronology
"Don't You"
(1989)
"Leave It Alone"
(1989)
"Drive South"
(1990)

"Leave It Alone" is a song written by Radney Foster and Bill Lloyd, and recorded by American country music group The Forester Sisters. It was released in November 1989 as the second single from their Greatest Hits compilation album. The song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Contents

Chart performance

Chart (1989–1990)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 6
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 61
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 56

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References

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