| "I Can Tell By the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight)" | ||||
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| Single by Vern Gosdin | ||||
| from the album There is a Season | ||||
| Released | March 26, 1984 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:40 | |||
| Label | Compleat Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Sandy Pinkard and Rob Strandlund | |||
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"I Can Tell By the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight)" is the title of a song written by Sandy Pinkard and Rob Strandlund and recorded by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in March 1984 as the lead single from the album, There is a Season. The song was Vern Gosdin's eighteenth country hit and the first of three number ones on the country chart. The single spent one week at number one and a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.[1]
Gosdin originally felt it was too rock and roll for him and didn't record it for two years after it was presented to him.
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Preceded by "When We Make Love" by Alabama |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single June 30, 1984 |
Succeeded by "Somebody's Needin' Somebody" by Conway Twitty |
| RPM Country Tracks number-one single July 21, 1984 |
Succeeded by "Just Another Woman in Love" by Anne Murray |