"On Down the Line" is a song written by Kostas, and recorded by American country music artist Patty Loveless. It was released in May 1990 as the first single and title track from her album On Down the Line.
| "On Down the Line" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Patty Loveless | ||||
| from the album On Down the Line | ||||
| B-side | "Feelings of Love" | |||
| Released | May 19, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:10 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kostas | |||
| Producer(s) | Tony Brown | |||
| Patty Loveless singles chronology | ||||
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Background
editThis section possibly contains original research. (February 2014) |
The song derived from a collection of compositions written by Kostas, who was the composer of "Timber, I'm Falling in Love" and many other songs that Loveless had recorded. When Tony Brown (Loveless' producer at the time) became aware of the song, he was extremely doubtful that it would fit Loveless’ repertoire, mainly because of questionable lyric content in the third verse. As a direct result, Kostas reconstructed the last verse to be appropriately suitable to Loveless.
The song charted for 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart, reaching No. 5 during the week of July 21, 1990.[1]
Chart positions
edit| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] | 3 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 5 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (1990) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] | 27 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 54 |
References
edit- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006. Second edition. Record Research. p. 206.
- ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7997." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 18, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ "Patty Loveless Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
