"Inside" is a song made famous by country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Ronnie Milsap

Ronnie Milsap

Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s...

. Originally released in 1982

1982 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1982.-Events:* October 30 — Hank Williams, Jr. has nine albums simultaneously on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-United States:...

, the song extended his early 1980s success as both a country and crossover

Crossover (music)

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 artist when it reached its peak popularity in early 1983.

About the song

Milsap's 21st No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles

Hot Country Songs

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 chart, it was the first chart-topper as a songwriter for former Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals

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 defensive lineman Mike Reid. Throughout the 1980s, Milsap recorded several Reid-penned songs which would become No. 1 hits.

Although it never charted on the Billboard Hot 100

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, the song did enjoy minor success on adult contemporary radio stations, peaking at No. 27 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Singles

Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

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 chart.

"Carolina Dreams"

The B-side

A-side and B-side

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 to the "Inside" single was "Carolina Dreams." Written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan (the songwriting duo who had written several past hits for Milsap, and many of Barbara Mandrell

Barbara Mandrell

Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s...

's hits), the song never charted on the Hot Country Singles chart as its own single, but remained a B-side "tag-along" throughout the chart run for "Inside."

"Inside"/"Carolina Dreams" was one of several Milsap singles that charted with both A- and B-sides listed.

Chart performance

Chart (1982-1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Sources

• Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.
• Whitburn, Joel, "Top Pop Singles: 1955-2006," 2007.