That's the Way It Goes (Anne Murray song)

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"That's the Way It Goes"
Single by Anne Murray
from the album Anne Murray
Released 1997
Genre Country
Length4:24
Songwriter(s) Kerry Chater, Lynn Gillespie Chater, Cyril Rawson
Anne Murray singles chronology
"Me Too"
(1996)
"That's the Way It Goes"
(1997)
"Let There Be Love"
(1997)

"That's the Way It Goes" is a song written by Kerry Chater, Lynn Gillespie Chater, and Cyril Rawson and performed by Anne Murray. The song reached #19 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart in 1997. The song appeared on her 1996 album, Anne Murray . [1]

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Chart (1997)Peak
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Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary19

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References

  1. Anne Murray, Anne Murray Retrieved August 28, 2013