She Took It Like a Man

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"She Took It Like a Man"
Single by Confederate Railroad
from the album Confederate Railroad
Released April 4, 1992
Genre Country
Length2:47
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Paul Nelson, Danny Mayo, Karen Staley
Producer(s) Barry Beckett
Confederate Railroad singles chronology
"She Took It Like a Man"
(1992)
"Jesus and Mama"
(1992)

"She Took It Like a Man"
(1992)
"Jesus and Mama"
(1992)

"She Took It Like a Man" is a debut song recorded by American country music group Confederate Railroad. It was released in April 1992 as the first single from the album, Confederate Railroad . The song reached #37 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Paul Nelson, Danny Mayo and Karen Staley.

Confederate Railroad American country rock band

Confederate Railroad is an American country rock–Southern rock band founded in 1987 in Marietta, Georgia, by Danny Shirley, Michael Lamb, Mark Dufresne (drums), Chris McDaniel (keyboards), Warren "Gates" Nichols and Wayne Secrest. After serving as a backing band for outlaw country acts David Allan Coe and Johnny Paycheck, the band signed to a recording contract with Atlantic Records, releasing their self-titled debut album that year. In the 1990s, they released four more albums for Atlantic.

<i>Confederate Railroad</i> (album) album by Confederate Railroad

Confederate Railroad is the self-titled debut album of the American country music band Confederate Railroad. It peaked at #7 on the US country albums chart, and #19 on the Canadian country chart. It was certified 2×Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. Singles released from the album include "She Took It Like a Man", "Jesus and Mama", "Queen of Memphis", "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back", "Trashy Women" and "She Never Cried". "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back" was previously a single in 1985 for Bill Anderson from his album Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.

Chart performance

Chart (1992)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 37
Canadian RPM Country Tracks41

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 82.
  2. "Confederate Railroad Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.