Nobody Wins (Radney Foster song)

"Nobody Wins"
"Nobody Wins"
Single by Radney Foster
from the album Del Rio, TX 1959
B-side	"Don't Say Goodbye"
Released	January 11, 1993
Genre	Country
Length	3:30
Label	Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Radney Foster; Kim Richey
Producer(s)	Steve Fishell; Radney Foster
Radney Foster singles chronology

"Nobody Wins" is a song recorded by American country music artist Radney Foster, co-written by himself and Kim Richey. It was released in January 1993 as the second single from his debut album Del Rio, TX 1959. The song is the highest-peaking single of his career, spending twenty weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaking at number 2, behind "The Heart Won't Lie" by Reba McEntire and Vince Gill.^[1] It also peaked at number 7 on the Canadian RPM country music charts in May 1993.^[2] Mary Chapin Carpenter sings background vocals on the song.^[3]

Music video[]

The music video was directed by Sara Nichols and premiered in early 1993.

"Nobody Wins" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 23, 1993.

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	7
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	2

Chart (1993)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[6]	96
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	29

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ "RPM Country Tracks charts for May 1, 1993". RPM. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
^ Parisien, Roch. "Del Rio, TX 1959 review". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1732." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 1, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
^ "Radney Foster Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993". RPM. December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
^ "Best of 1993: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.

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hide v t Radney Foster / Foster & Lloyd
Foster & Lloyd albums	Foster & Lloyd Faster & Llouder Version of the Truth The Essential Foster and Lloyd
Notable Foster & Lloyd singles	"Crazy Over You" "Sure Thing" "Texas in 1880" "What Do You Want from Me This Time" "Fair Shake"
Solo albums	Del Rio, TX 1959 Labor of Love See What You Want to See Are You Ready for the Big Show? Another Way to Go
Notable solo singles	"Just Call Me Lonesome" "Nobody Wins" "Easier Said Than Done" "The Running Kind" "I'm In" (with Abra Moore) "Texas in 1880" (with Pat Green)