Overnight Success (song)

"Overnight Success" the title of a song written by Sanger D. Shafer and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in November 1989 as the fourth and final single from his album Beyond the Blue Neon.

Chart performance

"Overnight Success" peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles^[1] and number 7 on RPM Country Tracks. This was the first single of Strait's to miss number one since "You're Something Special To Me" in 1986, and broke Strait's string of 11 consecutive number one country hits. The song's B-side, "Hollywood Squares", spent five weeks on the Hot Country Singles charts and peaked at number 67 based on unsolicited airplay^[2]

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	7
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	8

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	81
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	51

References

↑ Billboard, November 11, 1989
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 406–408. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9198." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 3, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
↑ "George Strait – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for George Strait.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

George Strait 1980s singles

Strait Country	"Unwound" "Down and Out" "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)"

Strait from the Heart	"Fool Hearted Memory" "Marina del Rey" "Amarillo by Morning" "A Fire I Can't Put Out"

Right or Wrong	"You Look So Good in Love" "Right or Wrong" "Let's Fall to Pieces Together"

Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind	"Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" "The Cowboy Rides Away" "The Fireman"

Something Special	"The Chair" "You're Something Special to Me"

#7	"Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You"

Ocean Front Property	"Ocean Front Property" "All My Ex's Live in Texas" "Am I Blue"

If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'	"Famous Last Words of a Fool" "Baby Blue" "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"

Beyond the Blue Neon	"Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" "What's Going On in Your World" "Ace in the Hole" "Overnight Success"

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