You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation

"You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation"
Single by Ronnie McDowell
from the album Personally
B-side "I Should've Lied"
Released May 1983
Genre Country
Label Epic
Writer(s) Jeff Crossan
Producer(s) Buddy Killen
Ronnie McDowell singles chronology
"Personally"
(1983)
"You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation"
(1983)
"You Made a Wanted Man of Me"
(1983)

"You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation" is a song written by Jeff Crossan, and recorded by American country music artist Ronnie McDowell. It was released in May 1983 as the second single from the album Personally. "You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation" would become Ronnie McDowell's second and final number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for a single week and spent twelve weeks on the country chart.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1983) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 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. 224.
Preceded by
"Love Song"
by The Oak Ridge Boys
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

August 27, 1983
Succeeded by
"A Fire I Can't Put Out"
by George Strait
Preceded by
"Hey Bartender"
by Johnny Lee
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

September 10, 1983
Succeeded by
"Why Do I Have to Choose"
by Willie Nelson