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"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.

Content

The narrator finds out he's wrong when he thinks his lover will return after leaving him.

Chart performance

"Don't We All Have the Right" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and on The Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. His second single to do so.

References

1. ^ 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.
3. "Ricky Van Shelton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
4. "1988 The Year in Music & Video" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 100, no. 52. December 24, 1988. p. Y-30. Retrieved July 9, 2021.

• 1988 singles
• 1970 songs
• Roger Miller songs
• Ricky Van Shelton songs
• Songs written by Roger Miller
• Song recordings produced by Steve Buckingham (record producer)
• Columbia Records singles