"Ain't Necessarily So" is a song written by Beth Nielsen Chapman, and recorded by American

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artist

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restr ...

. It was released in September 1990 as the first single from his album '' Born for Trouble''. The song reached number 17 on the ''

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'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Chart performance

References

{{authority control 1990 singles Willie Nelson songs Columbia Records singles Songs written by Beth Nielsen Chapman 1990 songs Song recordings produced by Fred Foster