She's Pulling Me Back Again

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"She's Pulling Me Back Again"
Single by Mickey Gilley
from the album First Class
B-side "Sweet Mama Goodtimes"
ReleasedFebruary 1977
Genre Country
Length2:29
Label Playboy
Songwriter(s) Bill Rice
Jerry Foster
Producer(s) Eddie Kilroy
Mickey Gilley singles chronology
"Lawdy, Miss Clawdy"
(1976)
"She's Pulling Me Back Again"
(1977)
"Honky Tonk Memories"
(1977)

"She's Pulling Me Back Again" is a song written by Bill Rice and Jerry Foster, and recorded by American country music artist Mickey Gilley. It was released in February 1977 as the first single from the album First Class. The song was Gilley's seventh number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart. [1]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [3] 7

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 136.
  2. "Mickey Gilley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1977". Billboard. Retrieved August 3, 2021.