| You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch) | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Gail Davies |
| Album: | What Can I Say |
| B-Side: | "The Boy in You Is Showing"[1] |
| Released: | September 1983 |
| Recorded: | June 1983 Nashville, TN, U.S. |
| Label: | Warner Bros. Nashville |
| Producer: | Gail Davies |
| Prev Title: | Singing the Blues |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | Boys Like You |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
"You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)" is a song written by Susanna Clark and Harlan Howard. It was originally recorded by American country artist Gail Davies for her fifth studio album entitled What Can I Say.
The song was recorded in June 1983 at the "Woodland Studio", located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The session was produced entirely by Davies, who had been self-producing her recording sessions for several years.[1] Released as a single in September 1983, "You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)" reached the eighteenth position on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart. The single became Davies' ninth top-twenty hit on the Billboard country chart.[2] In addition, the single peaked within the top-twenty on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[3]
| Chart (1983-1984) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Songs (RPM) | 20 |
| US Hot Country Singles (Billboard) | 18 |