Longneck Bottle
"Longneck Bottle" | ||||
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Single by Garth Brooks | ||||
from the album Sevens | ||||
B-side | "Rollin'"[1] | |||
Released | November 22, 1997 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:17 | |||
Label | Capitol Nashville 19851 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Rick Carnes, Steve Wariner | |||
Producer(s) | Allen Reynolds | |||
Garth Brooks singles chronology | ||||
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"Longneck Bottle" is a song written by Steve Wariner and Rick Carnes, and recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in November 1997 as the first single from his album Sevens. Wariner also plays acoustic guitar and sings background vocals on the song.
Content
The song is an upbeat
History
The song's
Released as a single in late 1997, "Longneck Bottle" was added to the playlists of all 222 stations that were surveyed by Radio & Records magazine at the time.[4]
On the RPM Country Tracks charts in Canada, it debuted at #60 for the week of December 1, 1997, and was Number One only one week later. It held the Number One position on the chart week of December 15 as well, while the charts for the next three weeks (December 22, December 29, and January 5) were all frozen. January 12, 1998, the next RPM chart to be published, also had the song at Number One, although it fell to #2 the next week when "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" by Shania Twain took over. "Longneck Bottle" reclaimed the Number One position on this chart on January 26, for its fourth and final week at Number One in Canada.
Personnel
Per liner notes.[3]
- Garth Brooks – lead and backing vocals
- Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Mike Chapman – bass guitar
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
- Milton Sledge – drums
- Steve Wariner – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Bobby Wood – piano
Chart positions
Chart (1997–1998) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 1 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1998) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] | 21 |
US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 52 |
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "'Longneck Bottle' sheet music". musicnotes.com. September 1999. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ a b Sevens (CD). Garth Brooks. Capitol Records. 1997. 329519.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Garth Brooks biography". GACTV.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3407." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 8, 1997. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ^ "Garth Brooks Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ^ "Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.