I'm Gonna Hurt Her on the Radio explained

I'm Gonna Hurt Her on the Radio
Type:single
Artist:David Allan Coe
Album:Unchained
B-Side:"He Has to Pay (For What I Get for Free)"
Released:November 2, 1985
Genre:Country
Length:2:38
Label:Columbia Nashville
Producer:Billy Sherrill[1]
Prev Title:My Elusive Dreams
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:A Country Boy Who Rolled the Rock Away
Next Year:1986
I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio
Type:single
Artist:Charley Pride
Album:I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio
B-Side:"Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This"
Released:May 7, 1988
Genre:Country
Length:2:53
Label:16th Avenue
Producer:Jerry Bradley, Charley Pride
Prev Title:Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Where Was I
Next Year:1988

"I'm Gonna Hurt Her on the Radio" is a song written by Mac McAnally and Tom Brasfield. The song was first recorded by Keith Whitley in 1984, but went unreleased until five years after his death in 1994 on the . The first release of the song was by The Bellamy Brothers on their 1985 album Howard & David, and then shortly thereafter by David Allan Coe on his 1985 album Unchained. Coe's version went to number 52 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart that year.[2]

The most successful version of the song was recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride as "I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio".[3] and released in May 1988 as the second single and title track from the album I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio. Pride's single reached number 13 on the same chart.[4]

Shenandoah also released a version on their 1987 self-titled debut album.[5]

Chart performance

Charley Pride

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Unchained. Discogs. 7 November 2014.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 978-0-89820-177-2. 98.
  3. Whitburn, p. 540
  4. Whitburn, pp. 335
  5. Web site: Shenandoah. Allmusic. 7 November 2014.