Little Ways

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"Little Ways"
Dwight Yoakam - little ways.jpg
Single by Dwight Yoakam
from the album Hillbilly Deluxe
B-side "Readin', Rightin', Rt.23"
ReleasedJune 1987
Genre Country
Length3:18
Label Reprise 28310
Songwriter(s) Dwight Yoakam
Producer(s) Pete Anderson
Dwight Yoakam singles chronology
"Little Sister"
(1987)
"Little Ways"
(1987)
"Please, Please Baby"
(1987)

"Little Ways" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released in June 1987 as the second single from his album Hillbilly Deluxe . It peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart [1] and reached number 1 on the Canadian RPM country singles chart. This song was reprised by Dwight on his live album, Dwight Live and on the acoustic album dwightyoakamacoustic.net .

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Chart performance

Chart (1987)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 8
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 403.
  2. "Dwight Yoakam Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.