That Was a Close One

"That Was a Close One"
Single by Earl Thomas Conley
from the album Too Many Times
B-side "Right from the Start"
Released March 30, 1987
Genre Country
Length 4:26
Label RCA
Writer(s) Robert Byrne
Producer(s) Earl Thomas Conley
Nelson Larkin
Mark Wright
Earl Thomas Conley singles chronology
"I Can't Win for Losin' You"
(1986)
"That Was a Close One"
(1987)
"Right from the Start"
(1987)

"That Was a Close One" is a song written by Robert Byrne, and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in March 1987 as the third single from the album Too Many Times. "That Was a Close One" was Earl Thomas Conley's thirteenth number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1987) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 2

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 88.

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Preceded by
"Forever and Ever, Amen"
by Randy Travis
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

July 4, 1987
Succeeded by
"All My Ex's Live in Texas"
by George Strait