Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)

"Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)"
Single by Glen Campbell
from the album Rhinestone Cowboy
B-side"Record Collector's Dream"
ReleasedOctober 20, 1975
RecordedJune 4, 1975
StudioSound Labs, Hollywood, California
GenreCountry
Length3:08
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Dennis Lambert
Brian Potter
Producer(s)Dennis Lambert
Brian Potter
Glen Campbell singles chronology
"Rhinestone Cowboy"
(1975)
"Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)"
(1975)
"Don't Pull Your Love"
(1976)

"Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" is a song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, and recorded by American country music singer Glen Campbell. It was released in October 1975 as the second and final single from the album, Rhinestone Cowboy.

It was Campbell's fifth number 1 on the Easy Listening chart and went to number 11 in early 1976 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" also went to number 3 on the country chart.[2]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1975–1976) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 11
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[5] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 9
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 1
New Zealand Singles Chart 11

Year-end charts

Chart (1976) Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles[6] 154
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 100
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[8] 36

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 44.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 66.
  3. ^ "Glen Campbell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Glen Campbell Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Glen Campbell Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  7. ^ "Pop Singles" Billboard December 25, 1976: Talent in Action-6
  8. ^ Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976