"Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" | ||||
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Single by Rodney Crowell | ||||
from the album Keys to the Highway | ||||
B-side | "I Know You're Married" | |||
Released | September 1989 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 4:16 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Rodney Crowell Will Jennings | |||
Producer(s) | Rodney Crowell Tony Brown | |||
Rodney Crowell singles chronology | ||||
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"Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in September 1989 as the first single from Crowell's album Keys to the Highway . The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1990 [1] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2] It was written by Crowell and Will Jennings.
Chart (1989–1990) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] | 3 |
Chart (1990) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] | 45 |
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] | 47 |
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