| Don't We All Have the Right | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Ricky Van Shelton |
| Album: | Wild-Eyed Dream |
| B-Side: | Baby, I'm Ready |
| Released: | April 11, 1988[1] |
| Recorded: | October 15, 1986 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:36 |
| Label: | Columbia Nashville |
| Producer: | Steve Buckingham |
| Prev Title: | Life Turned Her That Way |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | I'll Leave This World Loving You |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
"Don't We All Have the Right" is a song written and recorded by Roger Miller in 1970 and featured on his album, Trip in the Country, released as a double A-side with "South." It was later recorded by Ricky Van Shelton. It was first the b-side to his second single "Crime of Passion" before it served as the fifth and last single released from his debut album, Wild-Eyed Dream in 1988. The song was Shelton's 3rd #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart as well as his third consecutive #1.[2]
The narrator finds out he's wrong when he thinks his lover will return after leaving him.
"Don't We All Have the Right" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and on The Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. His second single to do so.