Hot Country Songs

Week of August 19, 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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Sunday In The South

Shenandoah

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Songwriter(s):

J.Booker

Producer(s):

R.Hall, R.Byrne

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

Gains In Performance

First Country: New Music from Alan Jackson, Chase Rice & FGL, Maddie & Tae and More

Hot Country Songs

Week of August 19, 1989

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Sunday In The South
  Shenandoah
- 2
- 1
- 14
- - 2
  - 1
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

J.Booker

Producer(s):

R.Hall, R.Byrne

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

Gains In Performance

2
- Are You Ever Gonna Love Me
  Holly Dunn
- 3
- 2
- 13
- - 3
  - 2
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

C.Waters, T.Shapiro, H.Dunn

Producer(s):

C.Waters, H.Dunn

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

3
- Timber I'm Falling In Love
  Patty Loveless
- 1
- 1
- 13
- - 1
  - 1
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

K.Lazarides

Producer(s):

T.Brown

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

4
- Love Has No Right
  Billy Joe Royal
- 4
- 4
- 14
- - 4
  - 4
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

R.Scruggs, B.J.Royal, N.Larkin

Producer(s):

N.Larkin

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic America/Atlantic

5
- Any Way The Wind Blows
  Southern Pacific
- 5
- 5
- 13
- - 5
  - 5
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

J.McFee, A.Pessis

Producer(s):

Southern Pacific, J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

6
- I'm Still Crazy
  Vern Gosdin
- 6
- 6
- 13
- - 6
  - 6
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

V.Gosdin, S.Gosdin, B.Cannon

Producer(s):

B.Montgomery

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

Gains In Performance

7
- I Wonder Do You Think Of Me
  Keith Whitley
- 7
- 7
- 9
- - 7
  - 7
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

S.D.Shafer

Producer(s):

G.Fundis, K.Whitley

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

8
- This Woman
  K.T. Oslin
- 9
- 8
- 11
- - 9
  - 8
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

K.T.Oslin

Producer(s):

H.Shedd

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

9
- Never Givin' Up On Love
  Michael Martin Murphey
- 10
- 9
- 14
- - 10
  - 9
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

M.Smotherman

Producer(s):

S.Gibson, J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

10
- Nothing I Can Do About It Now
  Willie Nelson
- 12
- 10
- 11
- - 12
  - 10
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

B.N.Chapman

Producer(s):

F.Foster

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

Gains In Performance

11
- Above And Beyond
  Rodney Crowell
- 13
- 11
- 8
- - 13
  - 11
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

H.Howard

Producer(s):

T.Brown, R.Crowell

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

Gains In Performance

12
- Honky Tonk Heart
  Highway 101
- 14
- 12
- 10
- - 14
  - 12
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

J.Photoglo, R.Smith

Producer(s):

P.Worley, E.Seay

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

13
- Give Me His Last Chance
  Lionel Cartwright
- 15
- 13
- 10
- - 15
  - 13
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

L.Cartwright

Producer(s):

T.Brown, S.Smith

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

14
- Let Me Tell You About Love
  The Judds
- 16
- 14
- 7
- - 16
  - 14
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

C.Perkins, P.Kennerley, B.Maher

Producer(s):

B.Maher

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/RCA

Gains In Performance

15
- And So It Goes
  John Denver/Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- 17
- 15
- 13
- - 17
  - 15
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

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

Producer(s):

R.Scruggs, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Universal

Gains In Performance

16
- I Got Dreams
  Steve Wariner
- 20
- 16
- 8
- - 20
  - 16
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

S.Wariner, B.LaBounty

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, S.Wariner

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

17
- Promises
  Randy Travis
- 18
- 17
- 8
- - 18
  - 17
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

R.Travis, J.Lindley

Producer(s):

K.Lehning

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

18
- Killin' Time
  Clint Black
- 22
- 18
- 6
- - 22
  - 18
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

C.Black, H.Nicholas

Producer(s):

J.Stroud, M.Wright

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

19
- Don't You
  The Forester Sisters
- 21
- 19
- 9
- - 21
  - 19
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

O.Young, J.Pierce

Producer(s):

W.Waldman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

20
- (I Wish I Had A) Heart Of Stone
  Baillie And The Boys
- 25
- 20
- 8
- - 25
  - 20
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

W.Holyfield, R.Leigh

Producer(s):

K.Lehning

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

21
- Cross My Broken Heart
  Suzy Bogguss
- 27
- 21
- 12
- - 27
  - 21
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

V.Thompson, K.Fleming

Producer(s):

W.Waldman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

Gains In Performance

22
- Hello Trouble
  The Desert Rose Band
- 28
- 22
- 7
- - 28
  - 22
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

E.McDuff, O.Couch

Producer(s):

P.Worley, E.Seay

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/MCA

Gains In Performance

23
- Finders Are Keepers
  Hank Williams Jr.
- 29
- 23
- 7
- - 29
  - 23
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

H.Williams,Jr.

Producer(s):

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

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

24
- More Than A Name On A Wall
  The Statler Brothers
- 8
- 6
- 15
- - 8
  - 6
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

J.Fortune, J.Rimel

Producer(s):

J.Kennedy

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/IDJMG

25
- The Coast Of Colorado
  Skip Ewing
- 30
- 25
- 9
- - 30
  - 25
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

S.Ewing, M.D.Barnes

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, S.Ewing

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

26
- Living Proof
  Ricky Van Shelton
- 31
- 26
- 5
- - 31
  - 26
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

J.MacRae, S.Clark

Producer(s):

S.Buckingham

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

Gains In Performance

27
- Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That
  Dolly Parton
- 11
- 1
- 16
- - 11
  - 1
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

B.Carlisle, R.Thomas

Producer(s):

R.Skaggs

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

28
- Act Naturally
  Buck Owens And Ringo Starr
- 32
- 1
- 34
- - 32
  - 1
  - 34

Songwriter(s):

V.Morrison, J.Russell

Producer(s):

J.Crutchfield, J.shaw

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

Gains In Performance

29
- Say What's In Your Heart
  Restless Heart
- 34
- 29
- 4
- - 34
  - 29
  - 4

Songwriter(s):

D.A.Schlitz. Jr., D.Lowery

Producer(s):

T.DuBois, S.Hendricks, Restless Heart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

30
- One Good Well
  Don Williams
- 19
- 4
- 18
- - 19
  - 4
  - 18

Songwriter(s):

K.M.Robbins, M.B.Reid

Producer(s):

D.Williams, G.Fundis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

31
- You'll Never Be Sorry
  The Bellamy Brothers
- 35
- 31
- 8
- - 35
  - 31
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

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

Producer(s):

T.Brown

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/MCA

Gains In Performance

32
- High Cotton
  Alabama
- 46
- 32
- 2
- - 46
  - 32
  - 2

Songwriter(s):

R.Murrah, S.Anders

Producer(s):

J.Leo, Alabama

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Biggest gain in airplay

Gains In Performance

33
- A Better Love Next Time
  Merle Haggard
- 41
- 33
- 5
- - 41
  - 33
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

J.Christopher, B.Wood

Producer(s):

M.haggard, M.Yeary

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic/CBS

Gains In Performance

Hot Country Songs

Week of August 19, 1989

Hot Country Songs

Sunday In The South

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First Country: New Music from Alan Jackson, Chase Rice & FGL, Maddie & Tae and More

Hot Country Songs

Gains in Weekly Performance

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Sunday In The South

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Are You Ever Gonna Love Me

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Timber I'm Falling In Love

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Love Has No Right

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Any Way The Wind Blows

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I'm Still Crazy

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I Wonder Do You Think Of Me

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This Woman

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Never Givin' Up On Love

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Nothing I Can Do About It Now

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Above And Beyond

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Honky Tonk Heart

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Give Me His Last Chance

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Let Me Tell You About Love

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And So It Goes

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I Got Dreams

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Promises

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Killin' Time