Nobody Wins (Radney Foster song)

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"Nobody Wins"
Radney Foster - Nobody Wins.jpg
Single by Radney Foster
from the album Del Rio, TX 1959
B-side "Don't Say Goodbye" [1]
ReleasedJanuary 11, 1993 (1993-01-11)
Genre Country
Length3:30
Label Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s) Radney Foster
Kim Richey
Producer(s) Steve Fishell
Radney Foster
Radney Foster singles chronology
"Just Call Me Lonesome"
(1992)
"Nobody Wins"
(1993)
"Easier Said Than Done"
(1993)

"Nobody Wins" is a song recorded by American country music artist Radney Foster, co-written by himself and Kim Richey. It was released in January 1993 as the second single from his debut album Del Rio, TX 1959 . The song is the highest-peaking single of his career, spending twenty weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaking at number 2, behind "The Heart Won't Lie" by Reba McEntire and Vince Gill. [1] It also peaked at number 7 on the Canadian RPM country music charts in May 1993. [2] Mary Chapin Carpenter sings background vocals on the song. [3]

Contents

Music video

The music video was directed by Sara Nichols and premiered in early 1993.

Charts

"Nobody Wins" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 23, 1993.

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 7
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [6] 96
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 29

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