Ball and Chain (Paul Overstreet song)

"Ball and Chain"
Single by Paul Overstreet
from the album Heroes
B-side	"Love Lives On"
Released	June 24, 1991
Genre	Country
Length	3:38
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Paul Overstreet Don Schlitz
Producer(s)	Brown Bannister Paul Overstreet
Paul Overstreet singles chronology
"Heroes" (1991) "Ball and Chain" (1991) "If I Could Bottle This Up" (1991)

"Ball and Chain" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Paul Overstreet. It was released in June 1991 as the third single from his album Heroes. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1991.^[1] It was written by Overstreet and Don Schlitz.

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2]	5
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4]	72
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5]	59

References

1. Paul Overstreet Hot Country Songs Chart History
2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1658." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 26, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
3. "Paul Overstreet – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Paul Overstreet.
4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
5. "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.