Talkin' to the Wrong Man

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"Talkin' to the Wrong Man"
Murphey - Talkin to single cover.png
Single by Michael Martin Murphey with Ryan Murphey
from the album River of Time
B-side "What Am I Doin' Hangin' Around"
ReleasedFebruary 1988
Genre Country
Length3:24
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Michael Martin Murphey
Producer(s) Steve Gibson
Michael Martin Murpheysingles chronology
"I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl"
(1987)
"Talkin' to the Wrong Man"
(1988)
"Pilgrims on the Way (Matthew's Song)"
(1988)

"Talkin' to the Wrong Man" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Michael Martin Murphey as a duet with his son Ryan Murphey. It was released in February 1988 as the second single from Murphey's album River of Time . The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in July 1988 [1] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 4
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks [4] 38
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [5] 47

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References

  1. Michael Martin Murphey Chart History
  2. RPM Country Tracks Archived October 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Michael Martin Murphey Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "Top 100 Country Singles of '88" (PDF). RPM. December 24, 1988. p. 15.
  5. "1988 The Year in Music & Video" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 100, no. 52. December 24, 1988. p. Y-30. Retrieved July 6, 2021.