Bobbie Sue (song)

"Bobbie Sue"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album Bobbie Sue
B-side"Live in Love"
ReleasedJanuary 18, 1982
RecordedFall 1981
GenreCountry, Pop, doo-wop, rock and roll
Length2:50
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Wood Newton, Dan Tyler and Adele Tyler
Producer(s)Ron Chancey
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"(I'm Settin') Fancy Free"
(1981)
"Bobbie Sue"
(1982)
"So Fine"
(1982)

"Bobbie Sue" is a song written by Wood Newton, Dan Tyler and Adele Tyler, and recorded by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in January 1982 as the first single and title track to the group's album of the same name. That April, the song became the Oaks' sixth No. 1 single on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart.[1]

In addition to its country success, "Bobbie Sue" also fared well on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 12 on that chart in the spring of 1982.[2]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 251.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 464.