The Sweetest Thing (song)

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"The Sweetest Thing"
Single by Carlene Carter
from the album I Fell in Love
B-side "Goodnight Dallas" [1]
ReleasedMarch 16, 1991
Genre Country
Length4:13
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s) Carlene Carter, Robert Ellis Orrall
Producer(s) Howie Epstein
Carlene Carter singles chronology
"Come On Back"
(1990)
"The Sweetest Thing"
(1991)
"One Love"
(1991)

"The Sweetest Thing" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Carlene Carter. It was released in March 1991 as the third single from the album I Fell in Love . The song reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] It was written by Carter and Robert Ellis Orrall.

Contents

Chart performance

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 8
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 25

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 97

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References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 82. ISBN   0-89820-177-2.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1544." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. June 15, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  3. "Carlene Carter Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM . December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.