(I'm Settin') Fancy Free
"(I'm Settin') Fancy Free" | ||||
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Single by The Oak Ridge Boys | ||||
from the album Fancy Free | ||||
B-side | ""How Long Has It Been" | |||
Released | August 1981 (U.S.) | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:49 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Don August, Jimbeau Hinson | |||
Producer(s) | Ron Chancey | |||
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology | ||||
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"(I'm Settin') Fancy Free" (sometimes known as "I'm Setting Fancy Free" or simply "Fancy Free") is the title song written by Roy August and Jimbeau Hinson, and recorded by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in August 1981 as the second single from the album Fancy Free. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in November 1981, during The Oak Ridge Boys' peak of popularity, and it is considered one of their signature songs.
Charts[]
Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[1] | 1 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[2] | 4 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[3] | 17 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 2 |
References[]
Works cited
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.
Categories:
- 1981 songs
- The Oak Ridge Boys songs
- Song recordings produced by Ron Chancey
- MCA Records singles
- Songs written by Jimbeau Hinson
- 1981 country song stubs