Problems (The Everly Brothers song)

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"Problems"
Single by The Everly Brothers
B-side "Love of My Life"
ReleasedOctober 27, 1958
RecordedOctober 13, 1958
Genre Rock and roll
Length1:54
Label Cadence
Songwriter(s) Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant [1]
The Everly Brothers singles chronology
"Bird Dog"
(1958)
"Problems"
(1958)
"Take a Message to Mary"
(1959)

"Problems" is a song released in 1958 by The Everly Brothers. The song spent 15 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 2, [2] "Problems" was kept out of No.1 spot by To Know Him Is to Love Him by The Teddy Bears. [3]

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Outside the US

Outside the US, "Problems" reached No. 5 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade, [4] No. 5 in the Netherlands, [5] and No. 6 on the UK's New Musical Express chart. [6]

Chart performance

Chart (1958)Peak
position
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade)5
Flanders [7] 16
Netherlands5
Italy (Musica e Dischi)17
UK New Musical Express [6] 6
US Billboard Hot 1002
US Billboard Hot C&W Sides [8] 17

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References

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  2. Hot 100 - The Everly Brothers Problems Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  3. "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  4. "CHUM Hit Parade Chart: Week of Dec. 15, 1958". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved 2018-04-01. Chart No. 83.
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  6. 1 2 Everly Brothers - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  7. The Everly Brothers - Problems, Ultratop . Accessed August 8, 2015
  8. "Hot C&W Sides", Billboard , January 5, 1959. p. 28. Retrieved April 1, 2018.