Right on the Money

"Right On The Money"
Single by Alan Jackson
from the album High Mileage
B-side "A Woman's Love"
Released October 19, 1998
Format Promo-only CD single
7" 45 RPM
Genre Country
Length 3:49
Label Arista Nashville 13136
Writer(s) Charlie Black
Phil Vassar
Producer Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson singles chronology
"I'll Go On Loving You"
(1998)
"Right on the Money"
(1998)
"Gone Crazy"
(1999)

"Right on the Money" is a single by American country music singer Alan Jackson. Released in 1998 as the second single from his CD, High Mileage, and co-written by Phil Vassar, the song became Jackson's sixteenth number-one single on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart.

Content

The song is in the key of E-flat major. Jackson's vocals range from B♭3 to E♭5.[1] The main chord progression in the verses is E♭-Edim-Fm7-B♭7 three times, followed by A♭ and B♭ for a measure each.[1]

Chart positions

"Right on the Money" debuted at number 75 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 17, 1998.

Chart (1998-1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 43
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. ^ a b Contemporary Country (1 ed.). Hal Leonard Corporation. 1999. pp. 330–335. ISBN 0-634-91594-x. 
Preceded by
"You're Easy on the Eyes"
by Terri Clark
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single

January 16, 1999
Succeeded by
"Wrong Again"
by Martina McBride
Preceded by
"Fly (The Angel Song)"
by The Wilkinsons
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

February 1, 1999
Succeeded by
"Stand Beside Me"
by Jo Dee Messina