Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico

"Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico"
Single by Johnny Rodriguez
from the album All I Ever Meant to Do Was Sing
B-side "Release Me"
Released August 1973
Genre Country
Label Mercury
Writer(s) Johnny Rodriguez
Producer Jerry Kennedy
Johnny Rodriguez singles chronology
"You Always Come Back to Hurting Me"
(1973)		 "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico"
(1973)		 "That's the Way Love Goes"
(1974)

"Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico" is a 1973 single written and recorded by Johnny Rodriguez. "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico" was Rodriguez's second number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the charts.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1973) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 70
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 296. 
Preceded by
"You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"
by Ray Price		 Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
October 13-October 20, 1973		 Succeeded by
"We're Gonna Hold On"
by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Preceded by
"Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer"
by Johnny Russell		 RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
November 17, 1973		 Succeeded by
"Paper Roses"
by Marie Osmond