Right in the Wrong Direction

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"Right in the Wrong Direction"
Single by Vern Gosdin
from the album Alone
B-side "Tanqueray"
ReleasedFebruary 3, 1990
Genre Country
Length2:14
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Vern Gosdin, Hank Cochran, Mack Vickery
Producer(s) Bob Montgomery
Vern Gosdin singles chronology
""That Just About Does It"
(1989)"
"Right in the Wrong Direction"
(1990)
"Tanqueray"
(1990)

"Right in the Wrong Direction" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in February 1990 as the third single from the album Alone . The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] Gosdin wrote the song with Hank Cochran and Mack Vickery.

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Chart performance

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 6
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 84

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 140.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9036." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. April 21, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  3. "Vern Gosdin Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM . December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.