From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Listen to a Country Song (song)
Listen to a Country Song (song)
Chart (1972) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 4
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Preceded by RPM Country Tracks Succeeded by
"It’s Gonna Take a Little Bit number-one single "Loving You Could Never Be Bet-
Longer" August 5, 1972 ter"
by Charley Pride by George Jones
"Listen to a Country Song" 1972, it was the second single from her album Listen to a
Country Song. The song peaked at number 4 on the Bill-
Single by Lynn Anderson board Hot Country Singles chart.[1] It also reached num-
from the album Listen to a Country Song ber 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[2]
Kikki Danielsson covered the song on her 1981 album
B-side "That’s What Loving You Has Meant to Me"
Just Like a Woman. [3].
Released May 1972
Genre Country Chart performance
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Alan Garth References
Jim Messina
[1] "Lynn Anderson singles". Allmusic.
Producer Glenn Sutton http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lynn-anderson-
p1504/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved
Lynn Anderson singles chronology
18 March 2011.
"Cry" Listen
"Listen to a Country Song
Song" "Fool Me" [2] "RPM Country Singles for August 5, 1972". RPM.
(1972) (1972) (1972) http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/
028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7659&type=1
"Listen to a Country Song is a song written by Alan
Listen Song" Retrieved 18 March 2011.
Garth and Jim Messina. It was originally recorded by Log- [3] Information at Svensk mediedatabas (accessed 19
gins and Messina on their 1971 album Sittin’ In. April 2011)
The song was first released as a single by American
country music artist Lynn Anderson. Released in May
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• RPM Country Tracks number-one singles
• 1970s country song stubs
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