Honky Tonk Truth

"Honky Tonk Truth" is a song written by Ronnie Dunn, Kim Williams and Lonnie Wilson, and performed by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in August 1997 as the first single from their first compilation The Greatest Hits Collection. It peaked at #3 on the US Country chart.^[1]

Music video

The music video premiered on CMT in August, 1997 and featured NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt. It was directed by Sherman Halsey. It was shot in Las Vegas. Brooks & Dunn are also seen performing in Caesar's Palace casino, the top balcony of the Rio hotel overlooking the city & in front of the old Caesar's Palace sign on the Strip, displaying song related messages such as, "Liar." Ronnie Dunn was dressed in all black.

Chart positions

"Honky Tonk Truth" debuted at number 41 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of August 30, 1997.

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[2]	3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	39
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	67

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 56.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3373." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 3, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
↑ "Brooks & Dunn Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Brooks & Dunn.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997". RPM. December 15, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1997: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.

External links

Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Brooks & Dunn singles

Brand New Man	"Brand New Man" "My Next Broken Heart" "Neon Moon" "Boot Scootin' Boogie" "Lost and Found"

Hard Workin' Man	"Hard Workin' Man" "We'll Burn That Bridge" "She Used to Be Mine" "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" "That Ain't No Way to Go"

Waitin' on Sundown	"She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" "I'll Never Forgive My Heart" "Little Miss Honky Tonk" "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" "Whiskey Under the Bridge"

Borderline	"My Maria" "I Am That Man" "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing" "A Man This Lonely" "Why Would I Say Goodbye"

The Greatest Hits Collection	"Honky Tonk Truth" "He's Got You"

If You See Her	"If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Reba McEntire) "How Long Gone" "Husbands and Wives" "I Can't Get Over You" "South of Santa Fe"

Tight Rope	"Missing You" "Beer Thirty" "You'll Always Be Loved by Me"

Steers & Stripes	"Ain't Nothing 'bout You" "Only in America" "The Long Goodbye" "My Heart Is Lost to You" "Every River"

Red Dirt Road	"Red Dirt Road" "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" "That's What She Gets for Loving Me"

The Greatest Hits Collection II	"That's What It's All About" "It's Getting Better All the Time"

Hillbilly Deluxe	"Play Something Country" "Believe" "Building Bridges" (with Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill) "Hillbilly Deluxe"

Cowboy Town	"Proud of the House We Built" "God Must Be Busy" "Put a Girl in It" "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Reba McEntire)

#1s… and Then Some	"Indian Summer" "Honky Tonk Stomp" (with Billy Gibbons)

See also	Discography