What a Way to Go (song)

"What a Way to Go"
Single by Ray Kennedy
from the album What a Way to Go
B-side "The Storm"
Released November 17, 1990
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 2:54
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Jim Rushing, Bobby David
Producer(s) Ray Kennedy
Ray Kennedy singles chronology
"What a Way to Go"
(1990)		 "Scars"
(1991)

"What a Way to Go"
(1991)		 "Scars"
(1991)

"What a Way to Go" is a song written by Bobby David and Jim Rushing. It was originally recorded by Bobby Borchers in 1977.

It was later recorded by American country music artist Ray Kennedy. It was released in November 1990 as the first single and title track from his debut album, What a Way to Go. The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in February 1991. Kennedy's version featured an altered verse from the original.[1]

Radio edit

To make the single more suitable for radio airplay, the line "I got hogtied by a hooker in Ohio," from the song's chorus, was edited to replace the word "hooker" with "redhead."

Chart performance

Bobby Borchers

Chart (1977) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 18

Ray Kennedy

Chart (1990-1991) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 8
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1991) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 91

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  2. ↑ "Bobby Borchers Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1466." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 16, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ray Kennedy Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.


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