You Must Not Be Drinking Enough

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"You Must Not Be Drinking Enough"
Single by Earl Thomas Conley
from the album The Heart of It All
B-side "Too Far from the Heart of It All"
ReleasedOctober 7, 1989
Genre Country
Length4:12
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Danny Kortchmar
Producer(s) Emory Gordy Jr., Randy Scruggs
Earl Thomas Conley singles chronology
"Love Out Loud"
(1989)
"You Must Not Be Drinking Enough"
(1989)
"Bring Back Your Love to Me"
(1990)

"You Must Not Be Drinking Enough" is a song recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in October 1989 as the fifth single from the album The Heart of It All . The song reached #26 on the Billboard Hot Country Single & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Danny Kortchmar.

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The song was first released by Don Henley in 1984 under the title "You're Not Drinking Enough" on the album Building the Perfect Beast . [2]

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1989)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 26
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[ citation needed ]39

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 84.
  2. "Song: You're Not Drinking Enough written by Danny Kortchmar | SecondHandSongs".
  3. "Earl Thomas Conley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.