Now and Then (Karen Staley song)

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"Now and Then"
Single by Michelle Wright
from the album Now and Then
Released1994
Genre Country
Length3:47
Label Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s) Gary Harrison
Karen Staley
Producer(s) Steve Bogard
Rick Giles
Michelle Wright singles chronology
"Guitar Talk"
(1993)
"Now and Then"
(1994)
"One Good Man"
(1994)

"Now and Then" is a song written by Gary Harrison and Karen Staley and recorded by Staley. It was released in 1989 as the second single from her debut album, Wildest Dreams. It peaked at number 87 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The song was later recorded by Canadian country music artist Michelle Wright. Wright's version was released in 1994 as the seventh single from her third studio album, Now and Then . It peaked at number 9 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in May 1994.

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Chart performance

Karen Staley

Chart (1989)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles87 [1]

Michelle Wright

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 9

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 244. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2468." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. May 9, 1994. Retrieved October 11, 2013.