Country State of Mind

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"Country State of Mind"
Single by Hank Williams Jr.
from the album Montana Cafe
B-side "Fat Friends"
ReleasedJune 9, 1986
Genre Country
Length3:58
Label Warner Bros./Curb
Songwriter(s) Hank Williams Jr., Roger Alan Wade
Producer(s) Hank Williams Jr., Barry Beckett
Hank Williams Jr. singles chronology
"Ain't Misbehavin'"
(1986)
"Country State of Mind"
(1986)
"Mind Your Own Business"
(1986)

"Country State of Mind" is a song by American country music artist Hank Williams Jr. It was co-written by Hank and Roger Alan Wade, and was released in June 1986 as the first single from the album Montana Cafe . The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

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Cover versions

The song was covered in 2020 by Josh Turner and Chris Janson for Turner's album of the same name. Before that Mark Chesnutt covered it for his 2010 album Outlaw.

Chart performance

Chart (1986)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks4

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References

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  2. "Hank Williams, Jr. Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.