The Best of Strangers

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"The Best of Strangers"
Single by Barbara Mandrell
from the album Love Is Fair
B-side "Sometime, Somewhere, Somehow"
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1980
Genre Country
Length3:41
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan
Producer(s) Tom Collins
Barbara Mandrell singles chronology
"Crackers"
(1980)
"The Best of Strangers"
(1980)
"Love Is Fair"
(1981)

"'The Best of Strangers" is a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in September 1980 as the second single from the album Love Is Fair . It peaked at number 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and number 9 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks9

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 213.
  2. "Barbara Mandrell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.