Step Back (Ronnie McDowell song)

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"Step Back"
Single by Ronnie McDowell
from the album Love to Burn
B-side "I Never Felt So Much Love (In One Bed)"
ReleasedSeptember 11, 1982
Genre Country
Length2:54
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Craig Morris
Producer(s) Buddy Killen
Ronnie McDowell singles chronology
"I Just Cut Myself"
(1982)
"Step Back"
(1982)
"Personally"
(1983)

"Step Back" is a song recorded by American country music artist Ronnie McDowell. It was released in September 1982 as the second single from the album Love to Burn. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Craig Morris.

Chart performance

Chart (1982)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 7

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 217.
  2. "Ronnie McDowell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.