Close Enough to Perfect

"Close Enough to Perfect"
Single by Alabama
from the album Mountain Music
A-side	"Close Enough to Perfect"
B-side	"Fantasy"
Released	August 20, 1982 (U.S.)
Format	7"
Recorded	1981
Genre	Country
Length	3:33
Label	RCA Records 13294
Writer(s)	Carl Chambers
Producer	Harold Shedd and Alabama
Alabama singles chronology
"Take Me Down" (1982) "Close Enough to Perfect" (1982) "Christmas in Dixie" (1982)

"Close Enough to Perfect" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. Originally released in 1982, the song was the third single from Alabama's third album, Mountain Music.

A pop-styled ballad, "Close Enough to Perfect" became Alabama's eighth No. 1 song in the fall of 1982.

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	65
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Sources

• Morris, Edward, "Alabama," Contemporary Books Inc., Chicago, 1985 (ISBN 0809253062)
• Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits" (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (ISBN 0-82-307553-2)
• Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.

External links

• Carl Chambers

Preceded by "He Got You" by Ronnie Milsap	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single October 30, 1982	Succeeded by "You're So Good When You're Bad" by Charley Pride
Preceded by "Let It Be Me" by Willie Nelson	RPM Country Tracks number-one single November 20-November 27, 1982	Succeeded by "Heartbroke" by Ricky Skaggs