Same Old Star

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"Same Old Star"
Single by McBride & the Ride
from the album Burnin' Up the Road
B-side "Stone Country"
ReleasedAugust 3, 1991
Genre Country
Length3:34
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Terry McBride
Bill Carter
Ruth Ellsworth
Gary Nicholson
Producer(s) Tony Brown, Steve Fishell
McBride & the Ride singles chronology
"Can I Count On You"
(1991)
"Same Old Star"
(1991)
"Sacred Ground"
(1992)

"Same Old Star" is a song recorded by American country music group McBride & the Ride. It was released in August 1991 as the fourth single from the album Burnin' Up the Road . The song reached #28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Terry McBride, Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth and Gary Nicholson.

Chart performance

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 17
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 28

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 219.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1670." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. November 9, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  3. "McBride & the Ride Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.