Crime of Passion (Ricky Van Shelton song)

"Crime of Passion"
Single by Ricky Van Shelton
from the album Wild-Eyed Dream
B-side"Don't We All Have the Right"
ReleasedApril 18, 1987
GenreCountry
Length3:23
LabelColumbia Nashville
Songwriter(s)Mac McAnally
Walt Aldridge
Producer(s)Steve Buckingham
Ricky Van Shelton singles chronology
"Wild-Eyed Dream"
(1986)
"Crime of Passion"
(1987)
"Somebody Lied"
(1987)

"Crime of Passion" is a song written by Walt Aldridge and Mac McAnally, and recorded by American country music singer Ricky Van Shelton. It was released in April 1987 as the second single from his debut album Wild-Eyed Dream. The song spent nineteen weeks on the Hot Country Singles charts, where it peaked at number 7.[1] Its b-side, "Don't We All Have the Right," was released in 1988 as the album's fifth single.[1]

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 377. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.