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. The song became better known once recorded by Canadian

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. It was released in February 1990 as the first single from their second studio album,

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. It peaked at number 3 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in May 1990. Two different b-sides were used on different editions: a cover of the Willie P. Bennett song "

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", and the Joan Besen song "Different Kind of Fire". Both tracks also appear on the studio album. A

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version was also released.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

1990 singles Prairie Oyster songs RCA Records singles 1990 songs Canadian Country Music Association Single of the Year singles Songs written by Willie P. Bennett {{1990-country-song-stub