My Kind of Girl (Collin Raye song)

"My Kind of Girl" is a song written by Debi Cochran, John Jarrard and Monty Powell, and recorded by American country music singer Collin Raye that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was released in November 1994 as the fourth single from his album Extremes.

"My Kind of Girl"
Single by Collin Raye
from the album Extremes
B-side"Angel of No Mercy"
ReleasedNovember 29, 1994
Recorded1993
GenreCountry
Length2:55
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Debi Cochran
John Jarrard
Monty Powell
Producer(s)John Hobbs
Ed Seay
Paul Worley
Collin Raye singles chronology
"Man of My Word"
(1994)
"My Kind of Girl"
(1994)
"If I Were You"
(1995)

Chart performance

edit

The song debuted at number 61 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated December 3, 1994. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, and became Collin's third Number One single on the chart dated February 18, 1995, holding the top spot for one week.[1]

Charts

edit
Chart (1994-1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 24
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1

Year-end charts

edit
Chart (1995) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 35

References

edit
  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7968." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 13, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  3. ^ "Collin Raye Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Best of 1995: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.