Hot Country Songs

Week of June 25, 1988

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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He's Back And I'm Blue

The Desert Rose Band

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Songwriter(s):

M.Woody, R.Anderson

Producer(s):

P.Worley

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/MCA

Gains In Performance

Hot Country Songs

Week of June 25, 1988

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- He's Back And I'm Blue
  The Desert Rose Band
- 2
- 1
- 14
- - 2
  - 1
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

M.Woody, R.Anderson

Producer(s):

P.Worley

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/MCA

Gains In Performance

2
- If It Don't Come Easy
  Tanya Tucker
- 3
- 2
- 13
- - 3
  - 2
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

D.L.Gibson, C.Karp

Producer(s):

J.Crutchfield

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

Gains In Performance

3
- Fallin' Again
  Alabama
- 5
- 3
- 10
- - 5
  - 3
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

T.Gentry, G.Fowler, R.Owen

Producer(s):

H.Shedd, Alabama

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

4
- If You Change Your Mind
  Rosanne Cash
- 6
- 4
- 13
- - 6
  - 4
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

R.Cash, H.DeVito

Producer(s):

R.Crowell

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

Gains In Performance

5
- Satisfy You
  Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
- 7
- 5
- 13
- - 7
  - 5
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

J.Gill, D.A.Schlitz. Jr.

Producer(s):

S.Buckingham

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

6
- Set 'Em Up Joe
  Vern Gosdin
- 8
- 6
- 12
- - 8
  - 6
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

H.Cochran, V.Gosdin, D.Dillon, B.Cannon

Producer(s):

B.Montgomery

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

Gains In Performance

7
- Workin' Man (Nowhere To Go)
  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- 9
- 7
- 11
- - 9
  - 7
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

J.Fadden

Producer(s):

J.Leo

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

8
- Talkin' To The Wrong Man
  Michael Martin Murphey (with Ryan Murphey)
- 10
- 8
- 11
- - 10
  - 8
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

M.Murphey

Producer(s):

S.Gibson, J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

9
- I Will Whisper Your Name
  Michael Johnson
- 11
- 9
- 13
- - 11
  - 9
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

R.VanWarmer

Producer(s):

B.Maher

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

10
- Goodbye Time
  Conway Twitty
- 12
- 10
- 12
- - 12
  - 10
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

R.Murrah, J.D.Hicks

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, C.Twitty, D.Henry

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

11
- I Told You So
  Randy Travis
- 1
- 1
- 12
- - 1
  - 1
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

R.Travis

Producer(s):

K.Lehning

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

RIAA Certification: Gold

12
- Don't We All Have The Right
  Ricky Van Shelton
- 17
- 12
- 8
- - 17
  - 12
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

R.Miller

Producer(s):

S.Buckingham

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

Gains In Performance

13
- Don't Close Your Eyes
  Keith Whitley
- 18
- 13
- 9
- - 18
  - 13
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

B.McDill

Producer(s):

G.Fundis, K.Whitley

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

14
- Just One Kiss
  Exile
- 19
- 14
- 10
- - 19
  - 14
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

S.Lemaire, J.P.Pennington

Producer(s):

E.Scheiner

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic/CBS

Gains In Performance

15
- Baby Blue
  George Strait
- 22
- 15
- 6
- - 22
  - 15
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

A.Barker

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, G.Strait

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

16
- Love Of A Lifetime
  Larry, Steve, Rudy: The Gatlin Brothers
- 4
- 4
- 14
- - 4
  - 4
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

L.Gatlin

Producer(s):

C.Young

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

17
- Midnight Highway
  Southern Pacific
- 21
- 17
- 12
- - 21
  - 17
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

K.Howell, J.McFee

Producer(s):

Southern Pacific, J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

18
- Sunday Kind Of Love
  Reba McEntire
- 23
- 18
- 7
- - 23
  - 18
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

B.Belle, L.Prima, A.Leonard, S.Rhodes

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, R.McEntire

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

19
- Givers And Takers
  Schuyler, Knobloch And Bickhardt
- 25
- 19
- 10
- - 25
  - 19
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

C.Bickhardt

Producer(s):

J.Stroud

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MTM

Gains In Performance

20
- Bluest Eyes In Texas
  Restless Heart
- 26
- 20
- 6
- - 26
  - 20
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

D.Robbins, V.Stephenson, T.DuBois

Producer(s):

T.DuBois, S.Hendricks, Restless Heart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

21
- She Doesn't Cry Anymore
  Shenandoah
- 28
- 21
- 10
- - 28
  - 21
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

R.Byrne, W.Robinson

Producer(s):

R.Hall, R.Byrne

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

Gains In Performance

22
- I'll Give You All My Love Tonight
  The Bellamy Brothers
- 29
- 22
- 8
- - 29
  - 22
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

D.Bellamy, W.Dentz, B.Crain

Producer(s):

E.Gordy,Jr.

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/MCA

Gains In Performance

23
- The Wanderer
  Eddie Rabbitt
- 31
- 23
- 5
- - 31
  - 23
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

E.Maresca

Producer(s):

R.Landis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

24
- I Still Believe
  Lee Greenwood
- 30
- 24
- 9
- - 30
  - 24
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

D.Johnson

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, L.Greenwood

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

25
- I'm Gonna Love Her On The Radio
  Charley Pride
- 32
- 25
- 8
- - 32
  - 25
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

T.Brasfield, M.McAnally

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

16th Avenue

Gains In Performance

26
- Another Place, Another Time
  Don Williams
- 15
- 5
- 16
- - 15
  - 5
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

B.McDill, P.Harrison

Producer(s):

D.Williams, G.Fundis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

27
- Give A Little Love
  The Judds (Wynonna & Naomi)
- 35
- 27
- 3
- - 35
  - 27
  - 3

Songwriter(s):

P.Kennerley

Producer(s):

B.Maher

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/RCA

Biggest gain in airplay

Gains In Performance

28
- Out Of Sight And On My Mind
  Billy Joe Royal
- 13
- 10
- 16
- - 13
  - 10
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

B.Burch, R.Peoples

Producer(s):

N.Larkin

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic America/Atlantic

29
- Beneath A Painted Sky
  Tammy Wynette
- 33
- 29
- 8
- - 33
  - 29
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

J.Chambers, B.Jones

Producer(s):

S.Buckingham

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic/CBS

Gains In Performance

30
- Real Good Feel Good Song
  Mel McDaniel
- 34
- 30
- 7
- - 34
  - 30
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

R.Fagan, L.Alderman

Producer(s):

J.Kennedy

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

Gains In Performance

31
- Texas In 1880
  Foster & Lloyd
- 20
- 18
- 12
- - 20
  - 18
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

R.Foster

Producer(s):

B.Lloyd, R.Foster

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

32
- High Ridin' Heroes
  David Lynn Jones
- 14
- 14
- 14
- - 14
  - 14
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

D.L.Jones

Producer(s):

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

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/IDJMG

33
- Wildflowers
  Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
- 16
- 6

Hot Country Songs

Week of June 25, 1988

Hot Country Songs

He's Back And I'm Blue

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Hot Country Songs

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He's Back And I'm Blue

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If It Don't Come Easy

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Fallin' Again

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If You Change Your Mind

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Satisfy You

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Set 'Em Up Joe

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Workin' Man (Nowhere To Go)

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Talkin' To The Wrong Man

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I Will Whisper Your Name

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Goodbye Time

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I Told You So

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Don't We All Have The Right

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Don't Close Your Eyes

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Just One Kiss

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Baby Blue

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Love Of A Lifetime

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Midnight Highway

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Sunday Kind Of Love

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