Hole in My Pocket

"Hole in My Pocket"
Single by Ricky Van Shelton
from the album Loving Proof
B-side	"Let Me Live With Love (And Die with You)"
Released	March 1989
Format	7" single
Genre	Country
Length	2:32
Label	Columbia Nashville 38-68694
Writer(s)	Boudleaux Bryant & Felice Bryant
Producer(s)	Steve Buckingham
Ricky Van Shelton singles chronology
"From a Jack to a King" (1988) "Hole in My Pocket'" (1989) "Living Proof" (1989)

"Hole in My Pocket" is a song co-written by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, and recorded by American country music artist Ricky Van Shelton. It was released in March 1989 as the third single from his album Loving Proof. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and became a number 1 hit in Canada.

Content

The narrator has a hole in his pocket so all his money is gone and he can't buy his girlfriend anything.

Chart performance

"Hole in My Pocket" reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart^[1] and number 1 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4]	46
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5]	76

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 310.
2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6362." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 3, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
3. "Ricky Van Shelton – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Ricky Van Shelton.
4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
5. "Best of 1989: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.