Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)

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"Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)"
GC Country Boy single.jpg
Single by Glen Campbell
from the album Rhinestone Cowboy
B-side "Record Collector's Dream"
ReleasedOctober 20, 1975
RecordedJune 4, 1975
Studio Sound Labs, Hollywood, California
Genre Country
Length3:08
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Dennis Lambert
Brian Potter
Producer(s) Dennis Lambert
Brian Potter
Glen Campbell singles chronology
"Rhinestone Cowboy"
(1975)
"Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)"
(1975)
"Don't Pull Your Love"
(1976)

"Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" is a song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, and recorded by American country music singer Glen Campbell. It was released in October 1975 as the second and final single from the album, Rhinestone Cowboy .

Contents

It was Campbell's fifth number 1 on the Easy Listening chart and went to number 11 in early 1976 on the Billboard Hot 100. [1] "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" also went to number 3 on the country chart. [2]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1975–1976)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 3
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 11
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [5] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Top Singles9
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks1
New Zealand Singles Chart11

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles [6] 154
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [7] 100
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary [8] 36

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