Hot Country Songs

Week of October 6, 1990

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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Friends In Low Places

Garth Brooks

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Songwriter(s):

D.Blackwell, E.Lee

Producer(s):

A.Reynolds

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Liberty

Gains In Performance

Garth Brooks Teams Up With Nashville to Open Police Substation Next to His Planned Bar & Honky-Tonk

Hot Country Songs

Week of October 6, 1990

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Friends In Low Places
  Garth Brooks
- 2
- 1
- 8
- - 2
  - 1
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

D.Blackwell, E.Lee

Producer(s):

A.Reynolds

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Liberty

Gains In Performance

2
- Holdin' A Good Hand
  Lee Greenwood
- 3
- 2
- 14
- - 3
  - 2
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

R.Crosby, J.Few

Producer(s):

J.Crutchfield

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

3
- I Fell In Love
  Carlene Carter
- 4
- 3
- 13
- - 4
  - 3
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

C.Carter, H.Epstein, B.Tench, P.Lamek

Producer(s):

H.Epstein

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reprise/Warner Bros.

4
- Jukebox In My Mind
  Alabama
- 1
- 1
- 11
- - 1
  - 1
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

D.Gibson, R.Rogers

Producer(s):

J.Leo, L.M.Lee, Alabama

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

5
- Too Cold At Home
  Mark Chesnutt
- 10
- 5
- 10
- - 10
  - 5
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

B.Harden

Producer(s):

M.Wright

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

6
- Drinking Champagne
  George Strait
- 7
- 6
- 9
- - 7
  - 6
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

B.Mack

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, G.Strait

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

7
- You Lie
  Reba McEntire
- 11
- 7
- 7
- - 11
  - 7
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

B.Fischer, A.Roberts, C.Black

Producer(s):

T.Brown, R.McEntire

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

8
- Precious Thing
  Steve Wariner
- 8
- 8
- 12
- - 8
  - 8
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

S.Wariner, M.McAnally

Producer(s):

T.Brown

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

9
- I Meant Every Word He Said
  Ricky Van Shelton
- 5
- 2
- 15
- - 5
  - 2
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

C.Putman, B.Jones, C.Chambers

Producer(s):

S.Buckingham

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

10
- Born To Be Blue
  The Judds
- 12
- 10
- 9
- - 12
  - 10
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

M.B.Reid, B.Maher, M.David

Producer(s):

B.Maher

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/RCA

Gains In Performance

11
- The Battle Hymn Of Love
  Kathy Mattea & Tim O'Brien
- 9
- 9
- 12
- - 9
  - 9
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

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

Producer(s):

A.Reynolds

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/IDJMG

12
- Fourteen Minutes Old
  Doug Stone
- 6
- 6
- 13
- - 6
  - 6
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

D.Knutson, A.L.Owens

Producer(s):

D.Johnson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

13
- Story Of Love
  The Desert Rose Band
- 17
- 13
- 12
- - 17
  - 13
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

C.Hillman, S.Hill

Producer(s):

P.Worley, E.Seay

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/MCA

Gains In Performance

14
- 'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose
  Keith Whitley & Lorrie Morgan
- 13
- 13
- 11
- - 13
  - 13
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

B.Rice, M.S.Rice

Producer(s):

B.Mevis, G.Fundis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

15
- Home
  Joe Diffie
- 18
- 15
- 7
- - 18
  - 15
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

A.Spooner, F.Lehner

Producer(s):

B.Montgomery, J.Slate

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

Gains In Performance

16
- My Heart Is Set On You
  Lionel Cartwright
- 19
- 16
- 11
- - 19
  - 16
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

L.Cartwright

Producer(s):

S.Smith, T.Brown

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

17
- Nothing's News
  Clint Black
- 14
- 3
- 14
- - 14
  - 3
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

C.Black

Producer(s):

J.Stroud, M.Wright

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

18
- A Few Ole Country Boys
  Randy Travis & George Jones
- 23
- 18
- 5
- - 23
  - 18
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

T.H.Seals, M.Williams

Producer(s):

K.Lehning

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

19
- Wanted
  Alan Jackson
- 16
- 3
- 16
- - 16
  - 3
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

A.Jackson, C.Craig

Producer(s):

S.Hendricks, K.Stegall

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista/RMG

20
- I Could Be Persuaded
  The Bellamy Brothers
- 15
- 7
- 15
- - 15
  - 7
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

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

Producer(s):

E.Gordy,Jr.

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/MCA

21
- Love Is Strange
  Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
- 21
- 21
- 8
- - 21
  - 21
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

E.McDaniel, M.Baker, W.Robinson

Producer(s):

J.E.Norman, E.Prestidge

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reprise/Warner Bros.

22
- When I Call Your Name
  Vince Gill
- 20
- 2
- 20
- - 20
  - 2
  - 20

Songwriter(s):

V.Gill, T.DuBois

Producer(s):

T.Brown

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

23
- Fool Such As I
  Baillie And The Boys
- 26
- 23
- 9
- - 26
  - 23
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

B.Trader

Producer(s):

K.Lehning

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

24
- You Really Had Me Going
  Holly Dunn
- 29
- 24
- 6
- - 29
  - 24
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

H.Dunn, T.Shapiro, C.Waters

Producer(s):

H.Dunn, C.Waters

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

25
- I'm Gonna Be Somebody
  Travis Tritt
- 24
- 2
- 17
- - 24
  - 2
  - 17

Songwriter(s):

S.Harris, J.Colucci

Producer(s):

G.Brown

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

26
- Feed This Fire
  Anne Murray
- 30
- 26
- 7
- - 30
  - 26
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

H.Prestwood

Producer(s):

J.Crutchfield

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

Gains In Performance

27
- Next To You, Next To Me
  Shenandoah
- 22
- 1
- 18
- - 22
  - 1
  - 18

Songwriter(s):

R.E.Orrall, C.Wright

Producer(s):

R.Hall, R.Byrne

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/CBS

28
- Yet
  Exile
- 34
- 28
- 6
- - 34
  - 28
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

R.Sharp, S.Lemaire

Producer(s):

R.Sharp, T.DuBois

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista/RMG

Gains In Performance

29
- Back In My Younger Days
  Don Williams
- 38
- 29
- 4
- - 38
  - 29
  - 4

Songwriter(s):

D.Flowers

Producer(s):

D.Williams, G.Fundis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

30
- Don't Go Out
  Tanya Tucker With T. Graham Brown
- 25
- 6
- 16
- - 25
  - 6
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

R.Foster, B.Lloyd

Producer(s):

J.Crutchfield

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

31
- When Somebody Loves You
  Restless Heart
- 33
- 31
- 6
- - 33
  - 31
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

J.Neel, R.Giles

Producer(s):

S.Hendricks, T.DuBois, Restless Heart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

Gains In Performance

32
- Reckless Heart
  Southern Pacific
- 32
- 32
- 9
- - 32
  - 32
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

J.McFee, A.Pessis

Producer(s):

Southern Pacific, J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

33
- This Ain't My First Rodeo
  Vern Gosdin
- 37
- 33
- 6
- - 37
  - 33
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

V.Gosdin, H.Cochran, M.D.Barnes

Producer(s):

B.Montgomery

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

Gains In Performance

34
- Good Times
  Dan Seals
- 27
- 1
- 18
- - 27
  - 1
  - 18

Songwriter(s):

S.Cooke

Producer(s):

K.Lehning

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

35
- American Boy
  Eddie Rabbitt
- 52
- 35
- 2
- - 52
  - 35
  - 2

Songwriter(s):

E.Rabbitt

Producer(s):

R.Landis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

Biggest gain in airplay

Gains In Performance

36
- He Was On To Something
  Ricky Skaggs
- 36
- 36
- 6
- - 36
  - 36
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

S.Curtis

Producer(s):

R.Skaggs, S.Buckingham

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

Gains In Performance

37
- Crazy In Love
  Conway Twitty
- 43
- 37
- 5
- - 43
  - 37
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

E.Stevens, R.McCormick

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, C.Twitty, D.Henry

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

Gains In Performance

Hot Country Songs

Week of October 6, 1990

Hot Country Songs

Friends In Low Places

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Garth Brooks Teams Up With Nashville to Open Police Substation Next to His Planned Bar & Honky-Tonk

Hot Country Songs

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

Friends In Low Places

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Holdin' A Good Hand

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I Fell In Love

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Jukebox In My Mind

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Too Cold At Home

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Drinking Champagne

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You Lie

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Precious Thing

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I Meant Every Word He Said

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Born To Be Blue

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The Battle Hymn Of Love

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Fourteen Minutes Old

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Story Of Love

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'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose

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Home

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My Heart Is Set On You

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Nothing's News

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A Few Ole Country Boys