Life's Highway (song)

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"Life's Highway"
Single by Steve Wariner
from the album Life's Highway
B-side "She's Crazy for Leavin'"
ReleasedMarch 15, 1986
Recorded1985
Genre Country
Length3:18
Label MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Steve Wariner singles chronology
"You Can Dream of Me"
(1985)
"Life's Highway"
(1986)
"That's How You Know When Love's Right"
(1986)

"Life's Highway" is a song written by Richard Leigh and Roger Murrah, and recorded by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was released in March 1986 as the second single and title track from the album Life's Highway and was his fourth number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] It was also number 2 hit in Canada.

Chart performance

Chart (1986)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks2

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 372.
  2. "Steve Wariner Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.