Rock My World (Little Country Girl)

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"Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"
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Single by Brooks & Dunn
from the album Hard Workin' Man
B-side "Our Time is Coming"
ReleasedDecember 6, 1993 (1993-12-06)
Genre Country
Length3:42
Label Arista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Brooks & Dunn singles chronology
"She Used to Be Mine"
(1993)
"Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"
(1993)
"That Ain't No Way to Go"
(1994)

"Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" is a song written by Bill LaBounty and Steve O'Brien and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in December 1993 as the fourth single from their album Hard Workin' Man . It is also their second single to feature Kix Brooks on lead vocals instead of Ronnie Dunn. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. [1]

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Chart performance

The song debuted at No. 59 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated December 18, 1993, and charted for 20 weeks on that chart. It peaked at No. 2 on the chart, behind Mark Chesnutt's "I Just Wanted You to Know" and Vince Gill's "Tryin' to Get Over You", as well as peaking at No. 97 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Charts

Chart (1993-1994)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 97
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 38
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 17

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