Trouble in Paradise (Loretta Lynn song)

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"Trouble in Paradise"
Single by Loretta Lynn
from the album They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy
B-side "We've Already Tasted Love"
ReleasedAugust 12, 1974
Recorded19 June 1974
Studio Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
Genre Country
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Kenny O'Dell
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn singles chronology
"They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy"
(1974)
"Trouble in Paradise"
(1974)
"Shadrack, the Black Reindeer"
(1974)

"Trouble in Paradise" is 1974 single by Loretta Lynn. "Trouble in Paradise" was Lynn's eighth number one on the U.S country singles chart as a solo artist. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1974)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks14

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 210.