Lovin' Only Me

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"Lovin' Only Me"
Single by Ricky Skaggs
from the album Kentucky Thunder
B-side "Home Is Wherever You Are"
ReleasedFebruary 1989
Genre Country
Length3:33
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Even Stevens
Hillary Kanter
Producer(s) Ricky Skaggs
Steve Buckingham
Ricky Skaggs singles chronology
"Old Kind of Love"
(1988)
"Lovin' Only Me"
(1989)
"Let It Be You"
(1989)

"Lovin' Only Me" is a song written by Hillary Kanter and Even Stevens, and recorded by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in February 1989 as the first single from the album Kentucky Thunder . The song was Skaggs' fourteenth and final number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country chart. [1]

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Chart performance

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 13
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 4

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