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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Honky Tonk Moon
| name = Honky Tonk Moon
| Cover = Randy Travis - Honky Tonk Moon.jpg
| cover = Randy Travis - Honky Tonk Moon.jpg
| Cover size = 200
| alt =
| Caption =
| type = single
| Artist = [[Randy Travis]]
| artist = [[Randy Travis]]
| Album = [[Old 8x10]]
| album = [[Old 8x10]]
| A-side =
| B-side = Young Guns
| B-side = "Young Guns"
| released = June 1988
| Released = June 1988
| recorded =
| Format = [[7" single]]
| studio =
| Recorded =
| venue =
| Genre = [[country music|Country]]
| genre = [[country music|Country]]
| Length = 2:49
| length = 2:49
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] 27833
| label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. Nashville]] 27833
| Writer = Dennis O'Rourke
| writer = Dennis O'Rourke
| Producer = [[Kyle Lehning]]
| producer = [[Kyle Lehning]]
⚫
| prev_title = [[I Told You So (Randy Travis song)|I Told You So]]
| Certification =
| prev_year = 1988
⚫
| Last single = "[[I Told You So (Randy Travis song)|I Told You So]]"<br />(1988)
⚫
| next_title = [[Deeper Than the Holler]]
| This single = "'''Honky Tonk Moon''''"<br />(1988)
| next_year = 1988
⚫
| Next single = "[[Deeper Than the Holler]]"<br />(1988)
| Misc =
}}
}}
'''"Honky Tonk Moon"''' is the title of a song written by Dennis O'Rourke and recorded by [[United States|American]] [[country music]] artist [[Randy Travis]]. It was the lead off single released from his album, ''[[Old 8x10]]''. It became his seventh and fifth consecutive #1 hit in the United States. It peaked at #1 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=351}}</ref> It's charting on the Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' country Tracks chart is unknown.
'''"Honky Tonk Moon"''' is a song written by Dennis O'Rourke, and recorded by American [[country music]] artist [[Randy Travis]]. It was released in June 1988 as the lead off single from his album ''[[Old 8x10]]''. It became his seventh and fifth consecutive number 1 hit in the United States. It peaked at number 1 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=351}}</ref>


==Content==
==Content==
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==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
"Honky Tonk Moon" spent one week beginning October 8, 1988 at the top of The ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart.
"Honky Tonk Moon" spent one week beginning October 8, 1988 at the top of The ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart.

===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1988)
!align="left"|Chart (1988)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Randy Travis}}
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs
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|align="center"|1
|-
|-
|align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks
|align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+49-No.+1-October+22%2C+1988.pdf|title=RPM 100 Country Singles|work=RPM|date=October 22, 1988}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|}

===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1988)
!Position
|-
|align="left"|Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Country Tracks<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/80s/1988/RPM-1988-12-24.pdf|title=Top 100 Country Singles of '88|work=RPM|page=15|date=December 24, 1988}}</ref>
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|align="center"|17
|-
|US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988|work=Billboard|accessdate=July 6, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|48
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

{{s-start}}
{{s-bef | before= "[[We Believe in Happy Endings]]"<br />by [[Earl Thomas Conley]] with [[Emmylou Harris]]}}
{{s-ttl | title=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Singles & Tracks]]<br>number-one single | years=October 8, 1988}}
{{s-aft | after= "[[Streets of Bakersfield]]"<br />by [[Dwight Yoakam]] with [[Buck Owens]]}}
{{s-end}}


{{Randy Travis}}
{{Randy Travis}}

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[[Category:1988 singles]]
[[Category:1988 singles]]
[[Category:1988 songs]]
[[Category:Randy Travis songs]]
[[Category:Randy Travis songs]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Kyle Lehning]]
[[Category:Songs produced by Kyle Lehning]]
[[Category:Warner Records singles]]
[[Category:Warner Bros. Records singles]]




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{{1988-country-song-stub}}

Latest revision as of 03:56, 10 December 2021

"Honky Tonk Moon"
Single by Randy Travis
from the album Old 8x10
B-side"Young Guns"
ReleasedJune 1988
GenreCountry
Length2:49
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville 27833
Songwriter(s)Dennis O'Rourke
Producer(s)Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis singles chronology
"I Told You So"
(1988) 		"Honky Tonk Moon"
(1988) 		"Deeper Than the Holler"
(1988)

"Honky Tonk Moon" is a song written by Dennis O'Rourke, and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in June 1988 as the lead off single from his album Old 8x10. It became his seventh and fifth consecutive number 1 hit in the United States. It peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]

Content

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The B-side of the 7" vinyl single, "Young Guns", co-written by Randy Travis, has not been released on any of his albums.

Chart performance

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"Honky Tonk Moon" spent one week beginning October 8, 1988 at the top of The Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Weekly charts

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Chart (1988) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[3] 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (1988) Position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[4] 17
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 48

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 351.
  2. ^ "Randy Travis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "RPM 100 Country Singles" (PDF). RPM. October 22, 1988.
  4. ^ "Top 100 Country Singles of '88" (PDF). RPM. December 24, 1988. p. 15.
  5. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved July 6, 2021.


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