Won't Be Blue Anymore

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Won't Be Blue Anymore
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Studio album by
Released1985
Genre Country
Length40:00
Label EMI America
Producer Kyle Lehning (all tracks), Paul Worley (track 8)
Dan Seals chronology
San Antone
(1984)
Won't Be Blue Anymore
(1985)
On the Front Line
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Won't Be Blue Anymore is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Dan Seals. It was his most successful studio album; the only one to reach No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart. The album featured some of Seals most popular songs, including "Bop" and "Meet Me in Montana", a duet with Marie Osmond. These and the third single, "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)", all reached No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. "Bop" was a major crossover hit, peaking at No. 10 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The compact disc format of this album was released on the album's initial release. It has been out-of-print for more than 20 years and is highly collectible.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Headin West"Dan Seals3:00
2."I Won't Be Blue Anymore"Seals3:03
3."Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)"Seals, Bob McDill 4:50
4."Tobacco Road" John D. Loudermilk 3:15
5."Your Love"Beckie Foster, Tommy Rocco3:00
6."You Plant Your Fields" Wendy Waldman, Donny Lowery3:34
7."Still a Little Bit of Love"Jim Scott, Walker Inglehart4:09
8."Meet Me in Montana" (duet with Marie Osmond) Paul Davis 3:54
9."Bop" Jennifer Kimball, Davis3:45
10."So Easy to Need"John Porter McMeans4:02
11."City Kind of Girl"Robert Gundry3:28

Personnel

Production

Charts

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC
1985"Meet Me in Montana" (featuring Marie Osmond)119
"Bop"14210116
1986"Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)"11

Production

Personnel

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