| "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)" | ||||
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| Single by Dan Seals | ||||
| from the album Won't Be Blue Anymore | ||||
| B-side | "So Easy to Need"[1] | |||
| Released | March 1986 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:50 | |||
| Label | EMI America | |||
| Writer(s) | Bob McDill Dan Seals |
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| Producer | Kyle Lehning | |||
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"Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)" is the third and final single released from Dan Seals' 1985 album Won't Be Blue Anymore. It peaked at number-one in both the United States and Canada.
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The song's narrator has separated from a former lover, who has become "the sweetheart of the rodeo". The narrator is left alone to take care of his daughter, and they're moving around in a one-horse trailer and a mobile home. As time flies, he starts to know that "everything that glitters is not gold".
Two music videos have been released for the song:
The first, which was actually a live performance, was issued in 1986 as the promotional clip for the single.
In 1991, a conceptual video, which was directed by Neil Abramson, was released, and was one of three videos filmed specially for Seals' video compilation, A Portrait.
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Preceded by "Living in the Promiseland" by Willie Nelson |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single July 5, 1986 |
Succeeded by "Hearts Aren't Made to Break (They're Made to Love)" by Lee Greenwood |
| RPM Country Tracks number-one single July 19, 1986 |
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