"Inside" is a song written by
Mike Reid, and recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
singer
Ronnie Milsap. It was released in November 1982 as the third single and title track from the album ''
Inside
Inside may refer to:
* Insider, a member of any group of people of limited number and generally restricted access
Film
* ''Inside'' (1996 film), an American television film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Eric Stoltz
* ''Inside'' (2002 f ...
''. The song extended his early 1980s success as both a country and
crossover
Crossover may refer to:
Entertainment
Albums and songs
* ''Cross Over'' (Dan Peek album)
* ''Crossover'' (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles album), 1987
* ''Crossover'' (Intrigue album)
* ''Crossover'' (Hitomi Shimatani album)
* ''Crossover'' (Yoshino ...
artist when it reached its peak popularity in early 1983.
About the song
"Inside" was Milsap's 21st No. 1 hit on the ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Country Singles
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 ...
chart, it was the first chart-topper as a songwriter for Country musician Reid. Throughout the 1980s, Milsap recorded several Reid-penned songs which would become No. 1 hits.
[Brennan, Sandra, [] Mike Reid biography, Allmusic]
Although it never charted on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the song did enjoy minor success on adult contemporary radio stations, peaking at No. 27 on the
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, Hot Adult Contemporary Singles chart.
"Carolina Dreams"
The
B-side
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to the "Inside" single was "Carolina Dreams." Written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan (the songwriting duo who had written several past hits for Milsap, and many of
Barbara Mandrell
Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) is an American country music singer and musician. She is also credited as an actress and author. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, she was considered among country's most successful music artist ...
's hits), the song never charted on the Hot Country Singles chart as its own single, but remained a B-side "tag-along" throughout the chart run for "Inside."
"Inside"/"Carolina Dreams" was one of several Milsap singles that charted with both A- and B-sides listed.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
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1982 singles
1982 songs
Ronnie Milsap songs
Songs written by Mike Reid (singer)
Song recordings produced by Tom Collins (record producer)
RCA Records singles
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