| Every Which Way but Loose | |
| Cover: | Eddie rabbitt every which way.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Eddie Rabbitt |
| Album: | Every Which Way But Loose Soundtrack |
| B-Side: | Under the Double Eagle |
| Released: | December 1978 |
| Recorded: | 1978 |
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| Length: | 2:51 |
| Label: | Elektra |
| Producer: | Snuff Garrett |
| Prev Title: | I Just Want to Love You |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | Suspicions |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
"Every Which Way but Loose" is a song written by Steve Dorff, Snuff Garrett and Milton Brown, and recorded by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt.[1] [2] [3] It was released in November 1978 as the only single from the soundtrack to the 1978 film of the same name, it spent three weeks atop the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in February 1979.
Released just weeks before Every Which Way But Loose premiered nationwide, the song debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, the highest debut since the inception of the 100-position chart in July 1973. The record was later tied by Garth Brooks' "Good Ride Cowboy" in 2005.[4]
| Chart (1978–1979) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 32 | |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 | |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 47 | |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 4 | |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 28 | |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 41 |