She's Got a Mind of Her Own

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"She's Got a Mind of Her Own"
Single by James Bonamy
from the album What I Live to Do
B-side "Amy Jane"
ReleasedDecember 26, 1995 [1]
Recorded1995
Genre Country
Length3:27
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Billy Livsey, Don Schlitz
Producer(s) Doug Johnson
James Bonamy singles chronology
"Dog on a Toolbox"
(1995)
"She's Got a Mind of Her Own"
(1995)
"I Don't Think I Will"
(1996)

"She's Got a Mind of Her Own" is a song written by Billy Livsey and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music artist James Bonamy. It was released on December 26, 1995 as the second single from the album What I Live to Do . The song reached number 26 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [2]

The song was originally the B-side of the album's debut single "Dog on a Toolbox", but that song was withdrawn early in its chart run.

Chart performance

Chart (1995–1996)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 20
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 26

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  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 48.
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2937." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. April 8, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
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