White Limozeen (song)

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"White Limozeen"
Single by Dolly Parton
from the album White Limozeen
B-side "The Moon, the Stars and Me"
ReleasedApril 9, 1990
Genre Country
Length4:17
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Dolly Parton, Mac Davis
Producer(s) Ricky Skaggs
Dolly Parton singles chronology
"Time for Me to Fly"
(1990)
"White Limozeen"
(1990)
"Love Is Strange"
(1990)

"White Limozeen" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. It was released in April 1990 as the fifth single and title track from the album White Limozeen . The song reached #29 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Parton and Mac Davis.

Chart performance

Chart (1990)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 29
Canadian RPM Country Tracks47

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 255.
  2. "Dolly Parton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.