(I'm Settin') Fancy Free
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
| "(I'm Settin') Fancy Free" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Oak Ridge Boys | ||||
| from the album Fancy Free | ||||
| B-side | ""How Long Has It Been" | |||
| Released | August 1981 (U.S.) | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:49 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Don August, Jimbeau Hinson | |||
| Producer(s) | Ron Chancey | |||
| The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology | ||||
|
||||
"(I'm Settin') Fancy Free" (sometimes known as "I'm Setting Fancy Free" or simply "Fancy Free") is the title song written by Roy August and Jimbeau Hinson, and recorded by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in August 1981 as the second single from the album Fancy Free. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in November 1981, during The Oak Ridge Boys' peak of popularity, and it is considered one of their signature songs.
Chart performance
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 17 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 2 |
Sources
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.
| Preceded by | Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single Nov. 7, 1981 |
Succeeded by "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" by Rosanne Cash |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This 1980s country song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
