Small Town Girl (song)

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"Small Town Girl"
Single by Steve Wariner
from the album It's a Crazy World
B-side "When It Rains"
ReleasedDecember 27, 1986
Genre Country
Length3:45
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Don Cook
John Barlow Jarvis
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen
Tony Brown
Steve Wariner singles chronology
"Starting Over Again"
(1986)
"Small Town Girl"
(1986)
"The Weekend"
(1987)

"Small Town Girl" is a song written by John Barlow Jarvis and Don Cook, and recorded by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was released in December 1986 as the first single from the album It's a Crazy World . The song was Wariner's fifth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 24 weeks on the chart. [1]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986–1987)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [3] 45

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 248–249. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. "Steve Wariner Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2021.