Honky Tonk Moon

"Honky Tonk Moon"
Single by Randy Travis
from the album Old 8x10
B-side "Young Guns"
Released June 1988
Format 7" single
Genre Country
Length 2:49
Label Warner Bros. 27833
Writer(s) Dennis O'Rourke
Producer(s) Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis singles chronology
"I Told You So"
(1988)
"Honky Tonk Moon'"
(1988)
"Deeper Than the Holler"
(1988)

"Honky Tonk Moon" is a song written by Dennis O'Rourke, and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in June 1988 as the lead off single from his album Old 8x10. It became his seventh and fifth consecutive number 1 hit in the United States. It peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] It's charting on the Canadian RPM country Tracks chart is unknown.

Content

The B-side of the 7" vinyl single, "Young Guns", co-written by Randy Travis, has not been released on any of his albums.

Chart performance

"Honky Tonk Moon" spent one week beginning October 8, 1988 at the top of The Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Chart (1988) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 1
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. 351.

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Preceded by
"We Believe in Happy Endings"
by Earl Thomas Conley with Emmylou Harris
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single

October 8, 1988
Succeeded by
"Streets of Bakersfield"
by Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens