You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)
| "You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)" | ||||
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| Single by Gail Davies | ||||
| from the album What Can I Say | ||||
| B-side | "The Boy in You Is Showing"[1] | |||
| Released | September 1983 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded |
June 1983 Nashville, TN, U.S.[1] | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Writer(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Gail Davies | |||
| Gail Davies singles chronology | ||||
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"You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)" is a song written by Susanna Clark and Harlan Howard. It was originally recorded by American country artist Gail Davies for her fifth studio album entitled What Can I Say.
The song was recorded in June 1983 at the "Woodland Studio", located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The session was produced entirely by Davies, who had been self-producing her recording sessions for several years.[1] Released as a single in September 1983, "You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)" reached the eighteenth position on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart. The single became Davies' ninth top-twenty hit on the Billboard country chart.[2] In addition, the single peaked within the top-twenty on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[3]
Chart performance
| Chart (1983-1984) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Songs (RPM)[3] | 20 |
| US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)[2] | 18 |
References
- 1 2 3 "Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies: Gail Davies". Praguefrank's Country Discographies. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
- 1 2 "Search results for "Gail Davies" under Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 29 May 2014.