Wilder Days

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"Wilder Days"
Single by Baillie & the Boys
from the album Baillie & the Boys
B-side "You Fool"
Released December 19, 1987
Genre Country
Length2:40
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Michael Bonagura, Craig Bickhardt
Producer(s) Kyle Lehning, Paul Davis
Baillie & the Boys singles chronology
"He's Letting Go"
(1987)
"Wilder Days"
(1987)
"Long Shot"
(1988)

"He's Letting Go"
(1987)
"Wilder Days"
(1988)
"Long Shot"
(1988)

"Wilder Days" is a song written by Michael Bonagura and Craig Bickhardt, and recorded by American country music group Baillie & the Boys. It was released in December 1987 as the third single from the album Baillie & the Boys . The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] Wilder Days was also recorded by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils on their "Modern History'", album.

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Baillie & the Boys is an American country music group that gained prominence in the late 1980s. The band's original lineup consisted of Kathie Baillie, her husband, Michael Bonagura, and Alan LeBoeuf. Not including Kathie Baillie's solo recordings, Baillie & the Boys have recorded five studio albums and charted ten Top-40 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.

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Chart performance

Chart (1987–1988)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 9
Canadian RPM Country Tracks7

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 37.
  2. "Baillie and the Boys Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.