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artist

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. It was released in April 1989 as the third single from the album ''

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''. The song reached #30 on the ''

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chart. The song was written by

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and Tom Brasfield

Critical reception

A review at mykindofcountry.wordpress.com said the song was a rather shouty blues rock style number that has little to do with country music and sounds very dated today.

Chart performance

References

1989 singles 1988 songs T. Graham Brown songs Songs written by Walt Aldridge Songs written by Tom Brasfield Song recordings produced by Ron Chancey Capitol Records Nashville singles {{1988-country-song-stub