- Don't We All Have the Right
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"Don't We All Have the Right" Single by Ricky Van Shelton from the album Wild-Eyed Dream B-side "Baby, I'm Ready" Released April 11, 1988[1] Format 7" single Recorded October 15, 1986[1] Genre Country Length 2:36 Label Columbia Nashville 38-07798 Writer(s) Roger Miller Producer Steve Buckingham Ricky Van Shelton singles chronology "Life Turned Her That Way"
(1987)"Don't We All Have the Right'"
(1988)"I'll Leave This World Loving You"
(1988)"Don't We All Have the Right" is a song written and recorded by Roger Miller in 1970 and featured on his album, Trip in the Country, released as a double A-side with "South." It was later recorded by Ricky Van Shelton. It was first the b-side to his second single "Crime of Passion" before it served as the fifth and last single released from his debut album, Wild-Eyed Dream in 1988. The song became Shelton's 3rd #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart as well as his third consecutive #1.
Content
The narrator finds out he's wrong when he thinks his lover will return after leaving him.
Chart performance
"Don't We All Have the Right" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and on The Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. His second single to do so.
Chart (1988) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 1 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1 References
Preceded by
"Set 'Em Up Joe"
by Vern GosdinBillboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single
July 30, 1988Succeeded by
"Baby Blue"
by George StraitPreceded by
"Talkin' to the Wrong Man"
by Michael Martin Murphey with Ryan MurpheyRPM Country Tracks
number-one single
August 6, 1988Succeeded by
"The Wanderer"
by Eddie RabbittStudio albums Wild-Eyed Dream · Loving Proof · RVS III · Backroads · Don't Overlook Salvation · A Bridge I Didn't Burn · Love and Honor · Making Plans · Fried Green TomatoesCompilation albums Christmas albums Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas · Blue ChristmasTop 10 Singles "Crime of Passion" · "Somebody Lied" · "Life Turned Her That Way" · "Don't We All Have the Right" · "I'll Leave This World Loving You" · "From a Jack to a King" · "Hole in My Pocket" · "Living Proof" · "Statue of a Fool" · "I've Cried My Last Tear for You" · "I Meant Every Word He Said" · "Life's Little Ups and Downs" · "Rockin' Years" · "I Am a Simple Man" · "Keep It Between the Lines" · "Backroads" · "Wild Man"Related articles Categories:- 1988 singles
- Ricky Van Shelton songs
- Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles
- RPM Country Tracks number-one singles
- Songs written by Roger Miller
- Songs produced by Steve Buckingham (record producer)
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