It Ain't Nothin'
| "It Ain't Nothin'" | |||||||
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| Single by Keith Whitley | |||||||
| from the album I Wonder Do You Think of Me | |||||||
| B-side | "Heartbreak Highway" | ||||||
| Released | October 1989 | ||||||
| Format | 7", cassette single | ||||||
| Recorded | early 1989 | ||||||
| Genre | Country | ||||||
| Length | 4:03 | ||||||
| Label | RCA | ||||||
| Writer(s) | Tony Haselden | ||||||
| Producer(s) |
Garth Fundis Keith Whitley | ||||||
| Keith Whitley singles chronology | |||||||
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"It Ain't Nothin'" is a song written by Tony Haselden, and recorded by American country music artist Keith Whitley. It was posthumously released in October 1989 as the second single from the album I Wonder Do You Think of Me. His fifth and last No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, the song was his second posthumous chart-topper, reaching the top of the chart seven months after his death.
The song spent one week at No. 1 and 17 weeks in the Hot Country Singles chart's top 40. [1]
Music video
A music video was released of the song, and has aired on The Nashville Network, CMT and Great American Country. The music video shows pictures a la Knots Landing fashion and are a montage of Whitley throughout his life, from early childhood through shortly before his death.
Chart performance
| Chart (1989–1990) | Peak position |
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| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] | 1 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 1 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1990) | Position |
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| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] | 28 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 40 |
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 382.
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6632." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 3, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Keith Whitley – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Keith Whitley.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
External links
| Preceded by "Who's Lonely Now" by Highway 101 |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single January 13, 1990 |
Succeeded by "Nobody's Home" by Clint Black |
| Preceded by "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" by Rodney Crowell |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single February 3, 1990 |
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