Never Say Never (T. Graham Brown song)

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"Never Say Never"
Single by T. Graham Brown
from the album Come as You Were
B-side "I Read a Letter Today"
ReleasedApril 29, 1989
Genre Country
Length3:16
Label Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s) Walt Aldridge, Tom Brasfield
Producer(s) Ron Chancey
T. Graham Brown singles chronology
"Come as You Were"
(1988)
"Never Say Never"
(1989)
"If You Could Only See Me Now"
(1990)

"Never Say Never" is a song recorded by American country music artist T. Graham Brown. It was released in April 1989 as the third single from the album Come as You Were . The song reached #30 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Walt Aldridge and Tom Brasfield

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Critical reception

A review at mykindofcountry.wordpress.com said the song was a rather shouty blues rock style number that has little to do with country music and sounds very dated today. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1989)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 30
Canadian RPM Country Tracks22

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 54.
  2. "Album Review: T. Graham Brown – 'Come as You Were'". 12 January 2015.
  3. "T. Graham Brown Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.