Gonna Take a Lot of River

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"Gonna Take a Lot of River"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album Monongahela
B-side"Private Lives"
ReleasedJuly 1988 (U.S.)
Recorded1988
GenreCountry
Length3:00
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Mark Henley
John Kurhajetz
Producer(s)Jimmy Bowen
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"True Heart"
(1988) 		"Gonna Take a Lot of River"
(1988) 		"Bridges and Walls"
(1988)

"Gonna Take a Lot of River" — often known as "Gonna Take a Lot of River (Mississippi, Monongahela, Ohio)" — is a song written by John Kurhajetz and Mark Henley, and recorded by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in July 1988 as the lead-off single from the album Monongahela.

In October 1988, the song ascended to No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart.[1] The band's 15th chart topper in a string dating to 1978, "Gonna Take a Lot of River" was the first song to feature the lead vocals of group baritone Steve Sanders, who succeeded William Lee Golden in the group's lineup.

In 2011, the group rerecorded the song with a new arrangement and tenor singer Joe Bonsall on lead vocals for their It's Only Natural project at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. The album included songs originally sung by Sanders. The lineup included Golden on baritone vocals.

Chart positions[]

Chart (1988) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[3] 1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1988) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 23

Sources[]

  • Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits." (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (ISBN 0-82-307553-2))

References[]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 252.
  2. ^ "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "RPM 100 Country Singles" (PDF). RPM. November 5, 1988.
  4. ^ "Best of 1988: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1988. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
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