The Best Year of My Life

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The Best Year of My Life
Eddie Rabbitt - The Best Year of My Life.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1984
Recorded1984
Genre Country
Label Warner Bros. Nashville (original label)
Liberty
Producer Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens, Jimmy Bowen
Eddie Rabbitt chronology
Greatest Hits Vol. II
(1983)
The Best Year of My Life
(1984)
Rabbitt Trax
(1986)
Singles from The Best Year of My Life
  1. "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love"
    Released: May 19, 1984
  2. "The Best Year of My Life"
    Released: September 1984

The Best Year of My Life is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1984 under the Warner Bros. Records label, but the rights to the album have since been sold to Liberty Records. The album marked the end of Rabbitt's crossover success. Four singles were released from the album including "B-B-B-Burnin' Up With Love", which peaked at No. 3 on country charts, the title track, which rose to No. 1, "Warning Sign", which charted at No. 4 and "She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye", which peaked at No. 6. The album itself ranked No. 22 on the country albums chart.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Eddie Rabbitt and Even Stevens except as indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Warning Sign" 2:51
2."Could've Been Somebody Else" 3:02
3."Dial That Telephone" 3:19
4."B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love"Rabbitt, Stevens, Billy Joe Walker Jr. 2:30
5."Every Night I Fall in Love with You" (duet with Hillary Kanter) 3:35
6."The Best Year of My Life" 3:11
7."Big Brown Eyes" 3:38
8."She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye" 3:06
9."Over There"Rabbitt2:42
10."Go to Sleep Big Bertha" 3:40

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US AC CAN Country
1984"B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love"3362
1985"The Best Year of My Life"11
"Warning Sign"43
"She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye"622

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