Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room

"Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers. It was released in July 1984 as the first single from the album It's All in the Game. The song was Haggard's thirty-second number one country single as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.[1] Haggard wrote the song with Freddy Powers and Sherill Rodgers.

"Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room"
Single by Merle Haggard
from the album It's All in the Game
B-side"You Nearly Lose Your Mind"
ReleasedJuly 14, 1984
GenreCountry
Length2:48
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Merle Haggard
Freddy Powers
Sherill Rodgers
Producer(s)Ray Baker
Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard singles chronology
"Someday When Things Are Good"
(1984)
"Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room"
(1984)
"A Place to Fall Apart"
(1984)

Personnel

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The Strangers:

  • Roy Nichols - lead guitar
  • Norm Hamlet – steel guitar
  • Tiny Moore – fiddle, mandolin
  • Mark Yeary – keyboards
  • Dennis Hromek - bass
  • Biff Adams - drums
  • Jim Belken – fiddle
  • Don Markham – horns

Chart performance

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Chart (1984) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 9

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 148.
  2. ^ "Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.