That Song Is Driving Me Crazy

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"That Song Is Driving Me Crazy"
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Single by Tom T. Hall
from the album Country Is
B-side "Forget It"
ReleasedMay 20, 1974
RecordedApril 15, 1974
Mercury Custom Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country
Length3:08
Label Mercury 73488
Songwriter(s) Tom T. Hall
Producer(s) Jerry Kennedy
Tom T. Hall singles chronology
"I Love"
(1973)
"That Song Is Driving Me Crazy"
(1974)
"Country Is"
(1974)

"That Song Is Driving Me Crazy" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in May 1974 as the lead single from the album, Country Is. The song peaked at number 2 on both the U.S. and Canadian country singles charts. [1]

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Chart performance

Chart (1974)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks2
Canadian RPM Top Singles58
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles [2] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] 63
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary [4] 24
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [5] 60

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References

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  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 149.
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  4. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 104.
  5. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 27, 1974". Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.