Hot Country Songs

Week of October 3, 1987

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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You Again

The Forester Sisters

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Songwriter(s):

D.A.Schlitz. Jr., P.Overstreet

Producer(s):

B.Beckett, J.Stroud

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

Hot Country Songs

Week of October 3, 1987

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- You Again
  The Forester Sisters
- 2
- 1
- 15
- - 2
  - 1
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

D.A.Schlitz. Jr., P.Overstreet

Producer(s):

B.Beckett, J.Stroud

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

2
- The Way We Make A Broken Heart
  Rosanne Cash
- 3
- 2
- 15
- - 3
  - 2
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

J.Hiatt

Producer(s):

R.Crowell

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

3
- Fishin' In The Dark
  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- 4
- 3
- 13
- - 4
  - 3
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

W.Waldman, J.Photoglo

Producer(s):

J.Leo

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

RIAA Certification: Platinum

4
- I Want To Know You Before We Make Love
  Conway Twitty
- 6
- 4
- 13
- - 6
  - 4
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

C.Parton, B.Hobbs

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, C.Twitty, D.Henry

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

5
- Crazy Over You
  Foster & Lloyd
- 7
- 5
- 14
- - 7
  - 5
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

R.Foster, B.Lloyd

Producer(s):

B.Lloyd, R.Foster

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

6
- Love Reunited
  The Desert Rose Band
- 8
- 6
- 13
- - 8
  - 6
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

C.Hillman, S.Hill

Producer(s):

P.Worley

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/MCA

Gains In Performance

7
- Shine, Shine, Shine
  Eddy Raven
- 10
- 7
- 11
- - 10
  - 7
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

B.McGuire, K.Bell

Producer(s):

D.gant, E.Raven

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

8
- Little Ways
  Dwight Yoakam
- 9
- 8
- 11
- - 9
  - 8
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

D.Yoakam

Producer(s):

P.Anderson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reprise/Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

9
- Right From The Start
  Earl Thomas Conley
- 11
- 9
- 10
- - 11
  - 9
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

B.Herzig, R.Watkins

Producer(s):

N.Larkin, E.T.Conley

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

10
- Love Me Like You Used To
  Tanya Tucker
- 12
- 10
- 11
- - 12
  - 10
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

P.Davis, B.Emmons

Producer(s):

J.Crutchfield

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

Gains In Performance

11
- Mama's Rockin' Chair
  John Conlee
- 14
- 11
- 12
- - 14
  - 11
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

T.Menzies, J.MacRae

Producer(s):

B.Logan

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

Gains In Performance

12
- Am I Blue
  George Strait
- 15
- 12
- 7
- - 15
  - 12
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

D.Chamberlain

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, G.Strait

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

13
- Maybe Your Baby's Got The Blues
  The Judds
- 16
- 13
- 7
- - 16
  - 13
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

T.H.Seals, G.Lyle

Producer(s):

B.Maher

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/RCA

Gains In Performance

14
- Tar Top
  Alabama
- 17
- 14
- 7
- - 17
  - 14
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

R.Owen

Producer(s):

H.Shedd, Alabama

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

15
- Three Time Loser
  Dan Seals
- 1
- 1
- 15
- - 1
  - 1
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

D.Seals

Producer(s):

K.Lehning

Imprint/Promotion Label:

EMI-America/Capitol

16
- Crazy From The Heart
  The Bellamy Brothers
- 18
- 16
- 8
- - 18
  - 16
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

D.Bellamy, D.A.Schlitz. Jr.

Producer(s):

E.Gordy,Jr.

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/MCA

Gains In Performance

17
- I Won't Need You Anymore (Always And Forever)
  Randy Travis
- 19
- 17
- 6
- - 19
  - 17
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

T.H.Seals, M.D.Barnes

Producer(s):

K.Lehning

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

18
- I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
  Judy Rodman
- 5
- 5
- 16
- - 5
  - 5
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

B.Dylan

Producer(s):

T.West

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MTM/Capitol

19
- Your Love
  Tammy Wynette
- 22
- 19
- 10
- - 22
  - 19
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

T.Rocco, B.Foster

Producer(s):

S.Buckingham

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

Gains In Performance

20
- You Haven't Heard The Last Of Me
  Moe Bandy
- 23
- 20
- 10
- - 23
  - 20
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

T.R.Snow, E.Kaz

Producer(s):

J.Kennedy

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

21
- Somebody Lied
  Ricky Van Shelton
- 24
- 21
- 7
- - 24
  - 21
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

J.Chambers, L.Jenkins

Producer(s):

S.Buckingham

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

Gains In Performance

22
- Lynda
  Steve Wariner
- 26
- 22
- 5
- - 26
  - 22
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

B.LaBounty, P.McLaughlin

Producer(s):

T.Brown

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

23
- Only When I Love
  Holly Dunn
- 28
- 23
- 6
- - 28
  - 23
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

H.Dunn, C.Waters, T.Shapiro

Producer(s):

T.West

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MTM

Gains In Performance

24
- Changin' Partners
  Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
- 27
- 24
- 8
- - 27
  - 24
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

L.Gatlin

Producer(s):

C.Young

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

Gains In Performance

25
- This Crazy Love
  The Oak Ridge Boys
- 13
- 1
- 17
- - 13
  - 1
  - 17

Songwriter(s):

R.Murrah, J.D.Hicks

Producer(s):

J.Bowen

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

26
- He's Letting Go
  Baillie And The Boys
- 29
- 26
- 9
- - 29
  - 26
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

P.Rose, P.Bunch, M.Kennedy

Producer(s):

K.Lehning, P.Davis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

27
- If There's Any Justice
  Lee Greenwood
- 34
- 27
- 6
- - 34
  - 27
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

M.Noble, C.M.Spriggs, T.Colton

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, L.Greenwood

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

28
- Everybody Needs A Hero
  Gene Watson
- 32
- 28
- 8
- - 32
  - 28
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

T.H.Seals, M.D.Barnes

Producer(s):

B.Sherrill

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

Gains In Performance

29
- No Easy Horses
  Schuyler, Knobloch And Bickhardt
- 33
- 29
- 8
- - 33
  - 29
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

T.Schuyler, J.F.Knobloch, D.A.Schlitz. Jr.

Producer(s):

J.Stroud

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MTM/Capitol

Gains In Performance

30
- One For The Money
  T.G. Sheppard
- 35
- 30
- 5
- - 35
  - 30
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

B.Moore, M.Williams

Producer(s):

R.Hall

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

Gains In Performance

31
- The Last One To Know
  Reba McEntire
- 41
- 31
- 3
- - 41
  - 31
  - 3

Songwriter(s):

M.Berg, J.Mariash

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, R.McEntire

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Biggest gain in airplay

Gains In Performance

32
- Somewhere In The Night
  Sawyer Brown
- 36
- 32
- 7
- - 36
  - 32
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

R.Van Hoy, D.Cook

Producer(s):

R.Chancey

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Curb/Capitol

Gains In Performance

33
- She Couldn't Love Me Anymore
  T. Graham Brown
- 40
- 33
- 4
- - 40
  - 33
  - 4

Songwriter(s):

Maddox, Henderson, McGuire

Producer(s):

B.Logan

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

Gains In Performance

34
- Bonnie Jean (Little Sister)
  David Lynn Jones
- 39
- 34
- 7
- - 39
  - 34
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

D.L.Jones

Producer(s):

R.Albright, M.Ronson, D.L.Jones

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/PolyGram

Gains In Performance

35
- The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
  Glen Campbell
- 21
- 6
- 19
- - 21
  - 6
  - 19

Songwriter(s):

T.Harris

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, G.Campbell

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

36
- Daddies Need To Grow Up Too
  The O'Kanes
- 20
- 9
- 15
- - 20
  - 9
  - 15

Hot Country Songs

Week of October 3, 1987

Hot Country Songs

You Again

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Hot Country Songs

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You Again

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The Way We Make A Broken Heart

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Fishin' In The Dark

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I Want To Know You Before We Make Love

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Crazy Over You

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Love Reunited

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Shine, Shine, Shine

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Little Ways

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Right From The Start

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Love Me Like You Used To

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Mama's Rockin' Chair

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Am I Blue

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Maybe Your Baby's Got The Blues

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Tar Top

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Three Time Loser

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Crazy From The Heart

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I Won't Need You Anymore (Always And Forever)

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I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

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