Flattery Will Get You Everywhere

"Flattery Will Get You Everywhere"
"Flattery Will Get You Everywhere"
Single by Lynn Anderson
from the album With Love, from Lynn
Released	October 1968
Recorded	1968
Studio	RCA Victor Studio
Genre	Country; Nashville Sound;
Length	2:40
Label	Chart
Songwriter(s)	Liz Anderson
Producer(s)	Slim Williamson
Lynn Anderson singles chronology

"Flattery Will You Get You Everywhere" is a song written by Liz Anderson that was recorded by American country music artist Lynn Anderson. It was released as a single in October 1968 via Chart Records.

Background and release[]

"Flattery Will Get You Everywhere" was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in 1968, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions was produced by Slim Williamson, Anderson's producer while recording for the Chart label.^[2]

"Flattery Will Get You Everywhere" reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1969. It was Anderson's fifth major hit single as a recording artist.^[3] It also charted on the Canadian RPM Country Songs chart, only reaching number 27 in 1969.^[4] The song was issued on Anderson's 1969 studio album, With Love, from Lynn.^[2]

Track listings[]

7" vinyl single^[5]

"Flattery Will Get You Everywhere" – 2:40
"A Million Shades of Blue" – 2:15

Chart performance[]

Chart (1968–1969)	Peak position
Canada Country Songs (RPM)^[4]	27
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	11

References[]

^ "With Love, from Lynn: Lynn Anderson: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Anderson, Lynn (March 1969). "With Love, From Lynn (Album Info and Liner Notes)". Chart Records.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results under "Country Singles" for Lynn Anderson". RPM. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
^ "Lynn Anderson -- "Flattery Will Get You Everywhere" (1968, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ "Lynn Anderson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[1] "With Love, from Lynn: Lynn Anderson: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[Liner_Notes-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Anderson, Lynn (March 1969). "With Love, From Lynn (Album Info and Liner Notes)". Chart Records.

[Billboard_Singles-3] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[RPM_Country_Songs-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results under "Country Singles" for Lynn Anderson". RPM. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

[5] "Lynn Anderson -- "Flattery Will Get You Everywhere" (1968, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Lynn_Anderson-6] "Lynn Anderson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

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Albums Singles
1960s	"Ride, Ride, Ride" "If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)" "Too Much of You" "Promises, Promises" "Mother, May I" (with Liz Anderson) "No Another Time" "Big Girls Don't Cry" "Flattery Will Get You Everywhere" "Our House Is Not a Home (For It's Never Been Loved In)" "That's a No No" "He'd Still Love Me"
1970s	"I've Been Everywhere" "Stay There, Till I Get There" "Rocky Top" "No Love at All" "I'm Alright" "Rose Garden" "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" "You're My Man" "How Can I Unlove You" "Cry" "Listen to a Country Song" "Fool Me" "Keep Me in Mind" "Top of the World" "Sing About Love" "Smile for Me" "Talkin' to the Wall" "What a Man My Man Is" "He Turns It into Love Again" "I've Never Loved Anyone More" "Paradise" "All the King's Horses" "Sweet Talkin' Man" "Wrap Your Love All Around Your Man" "I Love What Love Is Doing to Me" "He Ain't You" "We Got Love" "Rising Above It All" "Isn't It Always Love" "I Love How You Love Me" "Sea of Heartbreak"
1980s	"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" "Blue Baby Blue" "Midnight Train to Georgia" "What I Learned from Loving You" "You're Welcome to Tonight" "Read Between the Lines" "Under the Boardwalk"