Don't Waste It on the Blues

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"Don't Waste It on the Blues"
Single by Gene Watson
from the album Back in the Fire
B-side"I Picked a San Antonio Rose"
ReleasedNovember 12, 1988
GenreCountry
Length3:07
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Jerry Vandiver, Sandy Ramos
Producer(s)Gregg Brown, Ed Seay, Paul Worley
Gene Watson singles chronology
"Everybody Needs a Hero"
(1987) 		"Don't Waste It on the Blues"
(1988) 		"Back in the Fire"
(1989)

"Don't Waste It on the Blues" is a song written by Jerry Vandiver and Sandy Ramos, and recorded by American country music artist Gene Watson. It was released in November 1988 as the first single from the album Back in the Fire. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]

Chart performance[]

Chart (1988-1989) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 5
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 6

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1989) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 73
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 89

References[]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 374.
  2. ^ "Gene Watson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "RPM 100 Country Singles" (PDF). RPM. February 20, 1989.
  4. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  5. ^ "Best of 1989: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.


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