Hot Country Songs

Week of October 4, 1986

Hot Country Songs

The week’s most popular songs, ranked by audio and video streaming activity on leading digital music services, radio airplay audience impressions based on monitored airplay and sales data, all compiled by Luminate. Audience totals are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio listener estimates.

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Always Have Always Will

Janie Fricke

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Songwriter(s):

J.Mears

Producer(s):

N.Wilson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

Chart Beat: Carrie Underwood, Labelle, AC/DC

Hot Country Songs

Week of October 4, 1986

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

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1
- Always Have Always Will
  Janie Fricke
- 2
- 1
- 15
- - 2
  - 1
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

J.Mears

Producer(s):

N.Wilson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

2
- Lonely Alone
  The Forester Sisters
- 3
- 2
- 14
- - 3
  - 2
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

J.D.Martin, J.Jarrard

Producer(s):

J.L.Wallace, T.skinner

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

3
- Both To Each Other (Friends & Lovers)
  Eddie Rabbitt & Juice Newton
- 5
- 3
- 13
- - 5
  - 3
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

J.Gruska, P.Gordon

Producer(s):

R.Landis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

4
- Guitars,Cadillacs
  Dwight Yoakam
- 4
- 4
- 13
- - 4
  - 4
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

D.Yoakam

Producer(s):

P.Anderson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reprise/Warner Bros.

5
- Just Another Love
  Tanya Tucker
- 6
- 5
- 13
- - 6
  - 5
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

P.Davis

Producer(s):

J.Crutchfield

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

6
- Cry
  Crystal Gayle
- 7
- 6
- 11
- - 7
  - 6
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

C.Kohlman

Producer(s):

J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

7
- Guitar Town
  Steve Earle
- 8
- 7
- 16
- - 8
  - 7
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

S.Earle

Producer(s):

E.Gordy,Jr., T.Brown

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

8
- Second To No One
  Rosanne Cash
- 9
- 8
- 12
- - 9
  - 8
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

R.Cash

Producer(s):

D.Malloy

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

9
- It'll Be Me
  Exile
- 10
- 9
- 11
- - 10
  - 9
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

S.Lemaire, J.P.Pennington

Producer(s):

B.Killen

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

10
- Too Many Times
  Earl Thomas Conley And Anita Pointer
- 13
- 10
- 10
- - 13
  - 10
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

M.Smotherman, S.Page, T.McShear

Producer(s):

N.Larkin, M.Wright

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

11
- In Love
  Ronnie Milsap
- 1
- 1
- 14
- - 1
  - 1
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

M.B.Reid, B.Dees

Producer(s):

R.Milsap, T.Collins, R.Galbraith

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

12
- You Can't Stop Love
  Schuyler, Knobloch And Bickhardt
- 14
- 12
- 13
- - 14
  - 12
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

P.Overstreet, T.Schuyler

Producer(s):

J.Stroud

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MTM/Capitol

13
- Doo-Wah Days
  Mickey Gilley
- 15
- 13
- 11
- - 15
  - 13
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

E.Hunnicutt, D.Gilmore, G.Vincent

Producer(s):

N.Wilson, M.Gilley

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

14
- Diggin' Up Bones
  Randy Travis
- 16
- 14
- 8
- - 16
  - 14
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

P.Overstreet, A.Gore

Producer(s):

K.Lehning

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

RIAA Certification: Gold

15
- Didn't We
  Lee Greenwood
- 17
- 15
- 9
- - 17
  - 15
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

G.Lyle, T.H.Seals

Producer(s):

J.Crutchfield

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

16
- That Rock Won't Roll
  Restless Heart
- 20
- 16
- 9
- - 20
  - 16
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

J.S.Sherrill, B.DiPiero

Producer(s):

T.DuBois, S.Hendricks

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

17
- Since I Found You
  Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
- 18
- 17
- 11
- - 18
  - 17
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

B.Lloyd, R.Foster

Producer(s):

S.Buckingham

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

18
- A Girl Like Emmylou
  Southern Pacific
- 22
- 18
- 9
- - 22
  - 18
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

T.Goodman, J.McFee, K.Knudsen, S.Cooke

Producer(s):

Southern Pacific, J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

19
- Starting Over Again
  Steve Wariner
- 23
- 19
- 8
- - 23
  - 19
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

D.Goodman, J.W.Ryles

Producer(s):

T.Brown, J.Bowen

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

20
- You're Still New To Me
  Marie Osmond With Paul Davis
- 25
- 20
- 6
- - 25
  - 20
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

P.Overstreet, P.Davis

Producer(s):

P.Worley

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

21
- I'm Not Trying To Forget You
  Willie Nelson
- 24
- 21
- 9
- - 24
  - 21
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

W.Nelson

Producer(s):

W.Nelson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

22
- No One Mends A Broken Heart Like You
  Barbara Mandrell
- 26
- 22
- 8
- - 26
  - 22
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

J.Schweers

Producer(s):

T.Collins

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

23
- Cheap Love
  Juice Newton
- 28
- 23
- 7
- - 28
  - 23
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

D.Shannon

Producer(s):

R.Landis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

24
- Honky Tonk Crowd
  John Anderson
- 30
- 24
- 8
- - 30
  - 24
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

L.A.Delmore, L.Cordle

Producer(s):

J.Anderson, J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

25
- She Used To Be Somebody's Baby
  Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
- 29
- 25
- 7
- - 29
  - 25
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

L.Gatlin

Producer(s):

C.Young

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

26
- At The Sound Of The Tone
  John Schneider
- 31
- 26
- 6
- - 31
  - 26
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

M.T.Barnes, D.Richardson

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, J.Schneider

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

27
- It Ain't Cool To Be Crazy About You
  George Strait
- 32
- 27
- 4
- - 32
  - 27
  - 4

Songwriter(s):

D.Dillon, R.Porter

Producer(s):

J.Bowen

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

28
- Touch Me When We're Dancing
  Alabama
- 34
- 28
- 3
- - 34
  - 28
  - 3

Songwriter(s):

T.Skinner, J.L.Wallace, K.Bell

Producer(s):

H.Shedd, Alabama

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

29
- Little Rock
  Reba McEntire
- 12
- 1
- 15
- - 12
  - 1
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

P.McManus, B.DiPiero, G.House

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, R.McEntire

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

30
- My Life's A Dance
  Anne Murray
- 35
- 30
- 7
- - 35
  - 30
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

J.White, M.Spiro

Producer(s):

J.White

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

31
- Got My Heart Set On You
  John Conlee
- 11
- 1
- 17
- - 11
  - 1
  - 17

Songwriter(s):

D.Gray, B.Reneau

Producer(s):

B.Logan

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

32
- Hell And High Water
  T. Graham Brown
- 37
- 32
- 5
- - 37
  - 32
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

T.Brown, A.Harvey

Producer(s):

B.Logan

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

33
- Ten Feet Away
  Keith Whitley
- 19
- 9
- 16
- - 19
  - 9
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

34
- Farther Down The Line
  Lyle Lovett
- 21
- 21
- 13
- - 21
  - 21
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

L.Lovett

Producer(s):

T.Brown, L.Lovett

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/MCA

35
- Daddy's Hands
  Holly Dunn
- 39
- 35
- 7
- - 39
  - 35
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

H.Dunn

Producer(s):

T.West

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MTM/Capitol

36
- I Miss You Already
  Billy Joe Royal
- 38
- 36
- 7
- - 38
  - 36
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

M.Rainwater, F.Young

Producer(s):

N.Larkin

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic America/Atlantic

37
- We Had It All
  Dolly Parton
- 41
- 37
- 5
- - 41
  - 37
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

T.H.Seals, D.Fritts

Producer(s):

V.Garay

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

38
- Too Much Is Not Enough
  Bellamy Brothers With the Forester Sisters
- 51
- 38
- 2
- - 51
  - 38
  - 2

Songwriter(s):

D.Bellamy, Taylor

Producer(s):

E.Gordy,Jr.

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

39
- Out Goin' Cattin'
  Sawyer Brown With 'Cat' Joe Bonsall
- 46
- 39
- 4
- - 46
  - 39
  - 4

Songwriter(s):

M.Miller, R.Scruggs

Producer(s):

R.L.Scruggs

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

40
- Fiddlin' Man
  Michael Martin Murphey
- 40
- 40
- 6
- - 40
  - 40
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

M.Murphey, C.Rains, J.E.Norman

Producer(s):

J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

41
- That's What Her Memory Is For
  Butch Baker
- 45
- 41
- 9
- - 45
  - 41
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

R.Murray, J.Schweers, J.D.Hicks

Producer(s):

R.Alves

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/PolyGram

42
- When You Hurt I Hurt
  Ronnie McDowell
- 47
- 42
- 5
- - 47
  - 42
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

R.McDowell

Producer(s):

B.Killen

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Hot Country Songs

Week of October 4, 1986

Hot Country Songs

Always Have Always Will

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Chart Beat: Carrie Underwood, Labelle, AC/DC

Hot Country Songs

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Always Have Always Will

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Lonely Alone

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Both To Each Other (Friends & Lovers)

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Guitars,Cadillacs

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Just Another Love

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Cry

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Guitar Town

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Second To No One

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It'll Be Me

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Too Many Times

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In Love

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You Can't Stop Love

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Doo-Wah Days

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Diggin' Up Bones

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Didn't We

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That Rock Won't Roll

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Since I Found You

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A Girl Like Emmylou