"I've Been Around Enough to Know" is a song written by Bob McDill and

Dickey Lee Royden Dickey Lipscomb (born September 21, 1936), known professionally as Dickey Lee (sometimes misspelled Dickie or Dicky), is an American pop/country singer and songwriter, best known for the 1960s teenage tragedy songs " Patches" and "Laurie ( ...

. It was first recorded in 1975 by

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for

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. Sonnier's version, his debut single, peaked at number 78 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Sonnier's version was produced by Glenn Keener. In 1978, Conway Twitty released ''Conway'' which included "I've Been Around Enough to Know". It was later recorded by

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American

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artist John Schneider. It was released in July 1984 as the first single from the album '' Too Good to Stop Now''. The song was Schneider's fourth country hit and the first of four number ones on the country chart.Whitburn, pp. 370-371

Chart performance

Jo-El Sonnier

John Schneider

Year-end charts

References

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