Honor Bound (song) explained

Honor Bound
Cover:ETC - Honor Bound single cover.png
Type:single
Artist:Earl Thomas Conley
Album:Treadin' Water
B-Side:Too Hot To Handle
Released:January 6, 1985
Genre:Country
Length:3:18
Label:RCA
Producer:Nelson Larkin
Prev Title:Chance of Lovin' You
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks)
Next Year:1985

"Honor Bound" is a song written by Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black and Austin Roberts, and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in January 1985 as the second single from the album Treadin' Water. The song was Conley's eighth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.[1]

Critical reception

Kip Kirby of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it an "understated, impassioned statement on the dilemma of a woman bound only by honor; rhythm is slow and controversial."[2]

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 88.
  2. Billboard, December 22, 1984
  3. Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1985. Billboard. June 12, 2021.