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
Recorded1986
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.

Richard Leigh is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is best known for penning "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". In 1978 he received a Grammy Award for "Best Country Song" for the popular song. It was nominated in both pop and country categories and reached number one on both charts.

Roger Alan Murrah is a songwriter and independent music publisher who has written hits for artists including Waylon Jennings, Alan Jackson, Al Jarreau, and Alabama.

Country music, also known as country and western, and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as American folk music and blues.

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.