You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)
| "You're a Hard Dog" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "The Boy in You Is Showing"[1] |
"You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)" is a song written by Susanna Clark and Harlan Howard. It was originally recorded by American country artist Gail Davies for her fifth studio album entitled What Can I Say.
The song was recorded in June 1983 at the "Woodland Studio", located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The session was produced entirely by Davies, who had been self-producing her recording sessions for several years.[1] Released as a single in September 1983, "You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)" reached the eighteenth position on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart. The single became Davies' ninth top-twenty hit on the Billboard country chart.[2] In addition, the single peaked within the top-twenty on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[3]
Chart performance
| Chart (1983-1984) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Songs (RPM)[3] | 20 |
| US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)[2] | 18 |
References
- ^ a b c "Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies: Gail Davies". Praguefrank's Country Discographies. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
- ^ a b "Search results for "Gail Davies" under Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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