Rising Above It All Explained

Rising Above It All
Type:single
Artist:Lynn Anderson
Album:From the Inside
B-Side:My World Begins and Ends With You
Studio:Columbia Studio
Label:Columbia
Producer:Steve Gibson
Prev Title:We Got Love
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Last Love of My Life
Next Year:1978

"Rising Above It All" is a song written by Jerry Foster and Bill Rice. It was recorded by American country music artist Lynn Anderson and released as a single in 1978 via Columbia Records, becoming a top 40 hit that year.

Background and release

"Rising Above It All" was recorded in January 1978 at the Creative Workshop, a studio located in Nashville, Tennessee. The session included nine additional tracks, all produced by Steve Gibson. Anderson had recently started working with Gibson after several years working with her first husband, Glenn Sutton.[1]

"Rising Above It All" was released as a single in April 1978 via Columbia Records.[2] The song spent nine weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart before only reaching number 44 in June 1978.[3] In Canada, the song became a top 40 hit single, climbing to number 21 on the RPM Country Songs chart that year.[4] The song was issued on Anderson's 1978 studio album of the From the Inside.[1]

Track listings

7" vinyl single[5]

Notes and References

  1. Anderson . Lynn . From the Inside (Album Info and Liner Notes) . . 1978.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc.. 2008. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. "Rising Above It All" chart history . . 30 July 2020.
  4. Results under "Country Singles" for Lynn Anderson. RPM. 4 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121021045054/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=gmrhouli7kvfvaeu848ka389j0&q1=Lynn+Anderson&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20. 21 October 2012. dead.
  5. Web site: Lynn Anderson -- "Rising Above It All" (1978, Vinyl) . . 1978 . 30 July 2020.