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

Bob McDill Robert Lee McDill (born April 4, 1944) is a retired American songwriter, active from the 1960s until 2000. During his career he wrote or co-wrote 31 number one country hits. His songs were also recorded by popular artists of the 1970s, 1980s an ...

and Dickey Lee. It was first recorded in 1975 by Jo-El Sonnier for Mercury Records. Sonnier's version, his debut single, peaked at number 78 on the

Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...

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 actor American country music 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

1975 debut singles 1984 singles Conway Twitty songs Jo-El Sonnier songs John Schneider (screen actor) songs Songs written by Dickey Lee Songs written by Bob McDill Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen Mercury Records singles MCA Records singles 1975 songs {{1984-country-song-stub