Nobody Wins (Radney Foster song)

"Nobody Wins"
Single by Radney Foster
from the album Del Rio, TX 1959
B-side	"Don't Say Goodbye"[1]
Released	January 11, 1993 (1993-01-11)
Format	CD single
Genre	Country
Length	3:29
Label	Arista Nashville
Writer(s)	Radney Foster Kim Richey
Producer	Steve Fishell Radney Foster
Radney Foster singles chronology
"Just Call Me Lonesome" (1992) "Nobody Wins" (1993) "Easier Said Than Done" (1993)

"Nobody Wins" is the title of a recorded by American country music singer Radney Foster, written by him and Kim Richey. It was the second of five singles 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 #2.^[1] It also peaked at #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.

Charts

"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
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	7

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 149. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
2. ^ "RPM Country Tracks charts for May 1, 1993". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.1732&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=cef4tqrb41l8bdbf5v0doaf723. Retrieved 7 April 2010. 
3. ^ Parisien, Roch. "Del Rio, TX 1959 review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r112204. Retrieved 7 April 2010.