"Listen to a Country Song" is a song written by Alan Garth and Jim Messina. It was originally recorded by Loggins and Messina

Loggins and Messina

Loggins and Messina are an American rock-pop duo consisting of Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina who achieved their success in the early to mid 1970s...

 on their 1971 album Sittin' In.

The song was first released as a single by American country music artist Lynn Anderson

Lynn Anderson

Lynn Rene Anderson is an American country music singer and equestrian known for a string of hits throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, most notably her Grammy Award-winning, worldwide mega-hit, " Rose Garden." Helped by her regular exposure on national television, Anderson was one of the most...

. Released in May 1972, it was the second single from her album Listen to a Country Song. The song peaked at number 4 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Singles

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM

RPM (magazine)

RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Kikki Danielsson

Kikki Danielsson

Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She is also famous for yodeling in some songs. Kikki Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until...

 covered the song on her 1981 album Just Like a Woman

Just Like a Woman (Kikki Danielsson album)

Just Like a Woman is a 1981 studio album from Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson. The last track, God morgon, was performed by the pop group Sweets n' Chips as their Swedish Melodifestivalen 1981 entry, a group where Kikki Danielsson was a member.At the Swedish album chart, the album...

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Chart performance

Chart (1972)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	4
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1