Hot Country Songs

Week of January 14, 1989

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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Change Of Heart

The Judds

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Songwriter(s):

N.Judd

Producer(s):

B.Maher

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/RCA

Gains In Performance

Wynonna Judd on Touring, Healing and Writing Again: ‘This Is a Really Ripe Season When You Are Brokenhearted Like This’

Hot Country Songs

Week of January 14, 1989

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Change Of Heart
  The Judds
- 2
- 1
- 13
- - 2
  - 1
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

N.Judd

Producer(s):

B.Maher

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/RCA

Gains In Performance

2
- She's Crazy For Leaving
  Rodney Crowell
- 3
- 2
- 14
- - 3
  - 2
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

R.Crowell, G.Clark

Producer(s):

T.Brown, R.Crowell

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

3
- Deeper Than The Holler
  Randy Travis
- 4
- 3
- 9
- - 4
  - 3
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

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

Producer(s):

K.Lehning

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

4
- Blue Side Of Town
  Patty Loveless
- 6
- 4
- 15
- - 6
  - 4
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

H.DeVito, P.Kennerley

Producer(s):

T.Brown

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

5
- All The Reasons Why
  Highway 101
- 7
- 5
- 13
- - 7
  - 5
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

P.Carlson, B.N.Chapman

Producer(s):

P.Worley, E.Seay

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

6
- Hold On (A Little Longer)
  Steve Wariner
- 8
- 6
- 14
- - 8
  - 6
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

S.Wariner, R.Hart

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, S.Wariner

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

7
- What I'd Say
  Earl Thomas Conley
- 9
- 7
- 10
- - 9
  - 7
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

R.Byrne, W.Robinson

Producer(s):

E.Gordy,Jr., R.L.Scruggs

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

8
- Burnin' A Hole In My Heart
  Skip Ewing
- 10
- 8
- 12
- - 10
  - 8
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

S.Ewing, M.Geiger, W.Mullis

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, S.Ewing

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

9
- Song Of The South
  Alabama
- 11
- 9
- 8
- - 11
  - 9
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

B.McDill

Producer(s):

Alabama, J.Leo

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

10
- Hold Me
  K.T. Oslin
- 1
- 1
- 14
- - 1
  - 1
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

K.T.Oslin

Producer(s):

H.Shedd

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

11
- Long Shot
  Baillie And The Boys
- 5
- 5
- 16
- - 5
  - 5
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

D.A.Schlitz. Jr., G.Scruggs

Producer(s):

K.Lehning

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

12
- Big Wheels In The Moonlight
  Dan Seals
- 13
- 12
- 10
- - 13
  - 12
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

B.McDill, D.Seals

Producer(s):

K.Lehning

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

Gains In Performance

13
- I Sang Dixie
  Dwight Yoakam
- 15
- 13
- 10
- - 15
  - 13
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

D.Yoakam

Producer(s):

P.Anderson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reprise/Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

14
- Early In The Morning And Late At Night
  Hank Williams Jr.
- 14
- 14
- 11
- - 14
  - 14
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

T.H.Seals, F.J.Myers

Producer(s):

B.Beckett, H.Williams,Jr., J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/Warner Bros.

15
- Let's Get Started If We're Gonna Break My Heart
  The Statler Brothers
- 12
- 12
- 14
- - 12
  - 12
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

H.Reid, D.Reid

Producer(s):

J.Kennedy

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/IDJMG

16
- Life As We Knew It
  Kathy Mattea
- 16
- 16
- 10
- - 16
  - 16
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

W.Carter, F.Koller

Producer(s):

A.Reynolds

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/IDJMG

Gains In Performance

17
- Borderline
  The Shooters
- 18
- 17
- 13
- - 18
  - 17
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

W.Aldridge

Producer(s):

W.aldridge

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic/CBS

Gains In Performance

18
- Sincerely
  The Forester Sisters
- 19
- 18
- 11
- - 19
  - 18
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

H.Fuqua, A.Freed

Producer(s):

J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

19
- (It's Always Gonna Be) Someday
  Holly Dunn
- 22
- 19
- 11
- - 22
  - 19
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

H.Dunn, T.Shapiro, C.Waters

Producer(s):

H.Dunn, C.Waters, W.Peterson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MTM

Gains In Performance

20
- I Still Believe In You
  The Desert Rose Band
- 23
- 20
- 8
- - 23
  - 20
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

C.Hillman, S.Hill

Producer(s):

P.Worley, E.Seay

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/MCA

Gains In Performance

21
- Don't Waste It On The Blues
  Gene Watson
- 24
- 21
- 10
- - 24
  - 21
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

S.Ramos, J.Vandiver

Producer(s):

P.Worley, E.Seay, G.Brown

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

22
- Paint The Town And Hang The Moon Tonight
  J.C. Crowley
- 26
- 22
- 12
- - 26
  - 22
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

J.C.Crowley, J.W.Routh

Producer(s):

J.Leo, L.M.Lee

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

23
- Highway Robbery
  Tanya Tucker
- 27
- 23
- 7
- - 27
  - 23
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

Garvin, Jones, Shapiro

Producer(s):

J.Crutchfield

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

Gains In Performance

24
- 'Til You Cry
  Eddy Raven
- 28
- 24
- 7
- - 28
  - 24
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

R.Giles, S.Bogard

Producer(s):

B.Beckett

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

25
- I Wish I Was Still In Your Dreams
  Conway Twitty
- 29
- 25
- 8
- - 29
  - 25
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

D.Cook, J.B.Jarvis

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, C.Twitty, D.Henry

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

26
- She Reminded Me Of You
  Mickey Gilley
- 30
- 26
- 12
- - 30
  - 26
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

W.Holyfield, P.McCann

Producer(s):

L.Butler

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Airborne

Gains In Performance

27
- I Just Called To Say Goodbye Again
  Larry Boone
- 31
- 27
- 9
- - 31
  - 27
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

P.Nelson, B.McGuire

Producer(s):

R.Baker

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/IDJMG

Gains In Performance

28
- Love Helps Those
  Paul Overstreet
- 17
- 3
- 17
- - 17
  - 3
  - 17

Songwriter(s):

P.Overstreet

Producer(s):

J.Stroud

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MTM

29
- You Babe
  Merle Haggard
- 32
- 29
- 9
- - 32
  - 29
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

S.D.Shafer

Producer(s):

K.Suesov, M.haggard

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic/CBS

Gains In Performance

30
- Honey I Dare You
  Southern Pacific
- 34
- 30
- 6
- - 34
  - 30
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

N.Cook, Jenkins, T.Gibson, Karp, McFee

Producer(s):

Southern Pacific, J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

31
- We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right
  Eddie Rabbitt
- 20
- 7
- 15
- - 20
  - 7
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

E.Rabbitt, R.Nielsen

Producer(s):

R.Landis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

32
- Bridges And Walls
  The Oak Ridge Boys
- 33
- 32
- 7
- - 33
  - 32
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

R.Murrah, R.VanWarmer

Producer(s):

J.Bowen

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

33
- I Feel Fine
  Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
- 35
- 33
- 7
- - 35
  - 33
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

J.W.Lennon, P.McCartney

Producer(s):

S.Buckingham

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

Gains In Performance

Hot Country Songs

Week of January 14, 1989

Hot Country Songs

Change Of Heart

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Wynonna Judd on Touring, Healing and Writing Again: ‘This Is a Really Ripe Season When You Are Brokenhearted Like This’

Hot Country Songs

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

Change Of Heart

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She's Crazy For Leaving

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Deeper Than The Holler

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Blue Side Of Town

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All The Reasons Why

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Hold On (A Little Longer)

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What I'd Say

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Burnin' A Hole In My Heart

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Song Of The South

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Hold Me

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Long Shot

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Big Wheels In The Moonlight

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I Sang Dixie

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Early In The Morning And Late At Night

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Let's Get Started If We're Gonna Break My Heart

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Life As We Knew It

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Borderline

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Sincerely