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The Girl Most Likely (song)

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"The Girl Most Likely"
Single by Jeannie C. Riley
from the album Yearbooks and Yesterdays[1]
B-side"My Scrapbook"
ReleasedNovember 1968
GenreCountry
LabelPlantation
Songwriter(s)Margaret Lewis
Mira Smith
Jeannie C. Riley singles chronology
"Harper Valley PTA"
(1968)
"The Girl Most Likely"
(1968)
"The Price I Pay to Stay"
(1969)

"The Girl Most Likely" is a single by American country music artist Jeannie C. Riley. Released in November 1968, it was the first single from her album Yearbooks and Yesterdays. The song was written by the songwriting team of Margaret Lewis and Mira Smith, who also wrote the hits "The Rib", "Country Girl", and "Oh Singer" for Riley.

The song peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[2] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[3]

Chart performance

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Chart (1968–1969) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 55
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 34

References

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  1. ^ "Yearbooks and Yesterdays : Jeannie C. Riley". AllMusic. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "Jeannie C. Riley singles". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  3. ^ "RPM Country Singles for March 10, 1969". RPM. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 709.