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For the Michel Camilo album, see On the Other Hand (album).
"On the Other Hand" Single by Randy Travis from the album Storms of Life B-side "Can't Stop Now" 1985
"1982" 1986Released June 1985 (original release)
April 1986 (reissue)Format 7" 45 RPM Recorded January 1985 Genre Country Length 3:05 Label Warner Bros. Writer(s) Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz Producer Kyle Lehning, Keith Stegall Randy Travis singles chronology "1982"
(1985)"On the Other Hand"
(1986)"Diggin' Up Bones"
(1986)"On the Other Hand" is a country music song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. First recorded by Keith Whitley on his 1985 album L.A. to Miami, it was later released as a single by Randy Travis. It was the lead-off single to his 1986 album Storms of Life, and it peaked at #67 in the United States. However, it was re-released in 1986 after the song "1982" peaked, and the re-release became his first number-one hit in both the United States and Canada.[1]
Chart positions
Chart (1985) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 67 Re-release
Chart (1986) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1 Preceded by
"Until I Met You"
by Judy RodmanBillboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
July 26, 1986Succeeded by
"Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her"
by George StraitPreceded by
"Hearts Aren't Made to Break (They're Made to Love)"
by Lee GreenwoodRPM Country Tracks
number-one single
August 2, 1986Succeeded by
"All Tied Up"
by Ronnie McDowellReferences
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 351.
Albums · Singles Studio albums Randy Traywick · Storms of Life · Always & Forever · Old 8×10 · No Holdin' Back · Heroes & Friends · High Lonesome · Wind in the Wire · This Is Me · Full Circle · You and You Alone · A Man Ain't Made of Stone · Inspirational Journey · Rise and Shine · Worship & Faith · Passing Through · Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise · Around the Bend · Anniversary Celebration · Blessed AssuranceCompilation albums Greatest Hits, Volume 1 · Greatest Hits, Volume 2 · Forever & Ever... The Best of Randy Travis · Greatest #1 Hits · Super Hits, Volume 1 · Trail of Memories: The Randy Travis Anthology · The Essential Randy Travis · The Very Best of Randy Travis · I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis · Three Wooden Crosses: The Inspirational Hits of Randy Travis · I'll Fly Away · Top 10 · Randy TravisHoliday albums An Old Time Christmas · Songs of the SeasonLive albums Randy Ray: Live at the Nashville Palace · Live: It Was Just a Matter of TimeNotable singles "1982" · "On the Other Hand" · "Diggin' Up Bones" · "No Place Like Home" · "Forever and Ever, Amen" · "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)" · "Too Gone Too Long" · "I Told You So" · "Honky Tonk Moon" · "Deeper Than the Holler" · "Is It Still Over?" · "Promises" · "It's Just a Matter of Time" · "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" · "He Walked on Water" · "A Few Ole Country Boys" · "Heroes and Friends" · "Point of Light" · "Forever Together" · "Better Class of Losers" · "I'd Surrender All" · "If I Didn't Have You" · "Look Heart, No Hands" · "Cowboy Boogie" · "Before You Kill Us All" · "Whisper My Name" · "This Is Me" · "The Box" · "Out of My Bones" · "The Hole" · "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" · "Stranger in My Mirror" · "A Man Ain't Made of Stone" · "Three Wooden Crosses"Categories:- 1985 singles
- 1986 singles
- Songs written by Don Schlitz
- Songs written by Paul Overstreet
- Randy Travis songs
- Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles
- RPM Country Tracks number-one singles
- Keith Whitley songs
- Songs produced by Keith Stegall
- Songs produced by Kyle Lehning
- 1980s country song stubs
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