That's My Job

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"That's My Job"
Single by Conway Twitty
from the album Borderline
B-side "Lonelytown"
ReleasedFebruary 2 1987
Genre Country
Length4:54
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Gary Burr
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen, Conway Twitty, Dee Henry
Conway Twitty singles chronology
"I Want to Know You Before We Make Love"
(1987)
"That's My Job"
(1987)
"Goodbye Time"
(1988)

"That's My Job" is a song written by Gary Burr, and recorded by American country music artist Conway Twitty. It was released in November 1987 as the third single from the album Borderline . The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987–1988)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks4

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [3] 91

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [4] Gold500,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 362.
  2. "Conway Twitty Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  4. "American single certifications – Conway Twitty – That's My Job". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved October 12, 2021.