On a Good Night

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On a Good Night
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 25, 1996 (1996-06-25)
Genre Country
Length33:52
Label Columbia Nashville
Producer Don Cook
Wade Hayes chronology
Old Enough to Know Better
(1995)
On a Good Night
(1996)
When the Wrong One Loves You Right
(1998)
Singles from On a Good Night
  1. "On a Good Night"
    Released: May 7, 1996
  2. "Where Do I Go to Start All Over"
    Released: October 8, 1996
  3. "It's Over My Head"
    Released: January 7, 1997
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On a Good Night is the second studio album by American country music artist Wade Hayes. Released in 1996 on Columbia Records Nashville, it produced a #2-peaking single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in its title track that year. Like his previous album Old Enough to Know Better, On a Good Night also received gold certification in the U.S. for sales of more than 500,000 copies.

Contents

"Undo the Right" was previously recorded by Willie Nelson on his 1962 album And Then I Wrote, "Hurts Don't It" by Greg Holland on his 1994 debut album Let Me Drive, and "Our Time Is Coming" by Brooks & Dunn on their 1993 album Hard Workin' Man .

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."On a Good Night" Larry Boone, Don Cook, Paul Nelson3:09
2."Undo the Right" Willie Nelson, Hank Cochran 2:55
3."The Room" Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro 3:40
4."It's Over My Head" Bill Anderson, Wade Hayes, Chick Rains2:48
5."I Still Do" Marty Stuart, Rains3:50
6."My Side of Town"Cook, Rains2:45
7."Where Do I Go to Start All Over"Rains, Hayes3:07
8."Our Time Is Coming" Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn 4:30
9."Hurts Don't It" Sam Hogin, Jim McBride, Greg Holland 3:20
10."This Is the Life for Me"Hayes, Rains, Gary Nicholson 3:46

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [2]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [6] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [7] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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