Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes

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"Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes"
Single by The Forester Sisters
from the album The Forester Sisters
B-side "Something Tells Me"
ReleasedMarch 15, 1986
Genre Country
Length2:50
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s) Terry Skinner
J. L. Wallace
Producer(s) Terry Skinner
J. L. Wallace
The Forester Sisters singles chronology
"Just in Case"
(1986)
"Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes"
(1986)
"Lonely Alone"
(1986)

"Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes" is a song written by Terry Skinner and J. L. Wallace and recorded by American country music group The Forester Sisters. It was released in March 1986 as the fourth single from the album The Forester Sisters . The song was The Forester Sisters' third number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks within the top 40. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1986)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 125.
  2. "The Forester Sisters Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.