Don't We All Have the Right

"Don't We All Have the Right"
Single by Ricky Van Shelton
from the album Wild-Eyed Dream
B-side"Baby, I'm Ready"
ReleasedApril 11, 1988[1]
RecordedOctober 15, 1986[1]
GenreCountry
Length2:36
LabelColumbia Nashville
Songwriter(s)Roger Miller
Producer(s)Steve Buckingham
Ricky Van Shelton singles chronology
"Life Turned Her That Way"
(1987) 		"Don't We All Have the Right"
(1988) 		"I'll Leave This World Loving You"
(1988)

"Don't We All Have the Right" is a song written and recorded by Roger Miller in 1970 and featured on his album, Trip in the Country, released as a double A-side with "South." It was later recorded by Ricky Van Shelton. It was first the b-side to his second single "Crime of Passion" before it served as the fifth and last single released from his debut album, Wild-Eyed Dream in 1988. The song was Shelton's 3rd #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart as well as his third consecutive #1.[2]

  1. ^ a b Greatest Hits Plus (CD). Ricky Van Shelton. Columbia Records. 1992. 52753.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 310.