1988 single by Ricky Van Shelton
"Don't We All Have the Right" |
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Single by Ricky Van Shelton |
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from the album Wild-Eyed Dream |
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B-side | "Baby, I'm Ready" |
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Released | April 11, 1988[1] |
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Recorded | October 15, 1986[1] |
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Genre | Country |
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Length | 2:36 |
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Label | Columbia Nashville |
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Songwriter(s) | Roger Miller |
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Producer(s) | Steve Buckingham |
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Ricky Van Shelton singles chronology |
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"Don't We All Have the Right" is a song written and recorded by Roger Miller in 1970 and featured on his album, Trip in the Country, released as a double A-side with "South." It was later recorded by Ricky Van Shelton. It was first the b-side to his second single "Crime of Passion" before it served as the fifth and last single released from his debut album, Wild-Eyed Dream in 1988. The song was Shelton's 3rd #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart as well as his third consecutive #1.[2]
Content
The narrator finds out he's wrong when he thinks his lover will return after leaving him.
"Don't We All Have the Right" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and on The Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. His second single to do so.
Weekly charts Chart (1988) | Peak position | US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 1 | Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 | | Year-end charts Chart (1988) | Position | US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 24 | |
References
- ^ a b Greatest Hits Plus (CD). Ricky Van Shelton. Columbia Records. 1992. 52753.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 310.
- ^ "Ricky Van Shelton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "1988 The Year in Music & Video" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 100, no. 52. December 24, 1988. p. Y-30. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
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