Mama Knows the Highway

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"Mama Knows the Highway"
Single by Hal Ketchum
from the album Sure Love
ReleasedJune 14, 1993
Genre Country
Length4:17
Label Curb
Songwriter(s) Pete Wasner
Charles John Quarto
Producer(s) Allen Reynolds
Jim Rooney
Hal Ketchum singles chronology
"Hearts Are Gonna Roll"
(1993)
"Mama Knows the Highway"
(1993)
"Someplace Far Away (Careful What You're Dreaming)"
(1993)

"Mama Knows the Highway" is a song written by Pete Wasner and Charles John Quarto, and recorded by American country music artist Hal Ketchum. It was released in June 1993 as the third single from his album Sure Love . The song reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in August 1993. [1]

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Music video

The music video was directed by Dick Buckley and premiered in mid-1993.

Chart performance

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 14
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 8

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