Mama Knows

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"Mama Knows"
Single by Shenandoah
from the album The Road Not Taken
B-side "The Show Must Go On"
ReleasedAugust 1988
Genre Country
Length3:22
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Tony Haselden
Tim Mensy
Producer(s) Robert Byrne
Rick Hall
Shenandoah singles chronology
"She Doesn't Cry Anymore"
(1988)
"Mama Knows"
(1988)
"The Church on Cumberland Road"
(1989)

"Mama Knows" is a song written by Tony Haselden and Tim Mensy, and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in August 1988 as the first single from their album The Road Not Taken . The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in December 1988. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks [3] 4

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References

  1. Shenandoah Hot Country Songs Chart History
  2. "Shenandoah Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "RPM 100 Country Singles" (PDF). RPM. December 24, 1988.