Old Habits

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"Old Habits"
Single by Hank Williams Jr.
from the album Habits Old and New
B-side ""Won't It Be Nice"
ReleasedAugust 30, 1980
Length3:03
Label Elektra/Curb
Songwriter(s) Hank Williams Jr.
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen
Hank Williams Jr. singles chronology
"Kaw-Liga"
(1980)
"Old Habits"
(1980)
"Texas Women"
(1981)

"Old Habits" is a song written and recorded by American musician Hank Williams Jr. It was released in August 1980 as the second single from the album Habits Old and New . The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks58

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 389.
  2. "Hank Williams, Jr. Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.