The Best Year of My Life (song)

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"The Best Year of My Life"
Single by Eddie Rabbitt
from the album The Best Year of My Life
B-side "Over There"
ReleasedSeptember 1984
Genre Country
Length3:12
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)
  • Eddie Rabbitt
  • Even Stevens
Producer(s)
Eddie Rabbitt singles chronology
"B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love"
(1984)
"The Best Year of My Life"
(1984)
"Warning Sign"
(1985)

"The Best Year of My Life" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in September 1984 as the second single and title track from the album The Best Year of My Life . The single was Rabbitt's twelfth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart. [1] The song was written by Rabbitt and Even Stevens.

Chart performance

Chart (1984–85)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 279.
  2. "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.