She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)

"She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)"
Single by Gary Stewart
from the album Out of Hand
B-side "Williamson County"
Released March 1975
Genre Country
Length 2:46
Label RCA
Writer(s) Wayne Carson
Producer(s) Roy Dea
Gary Stewart singles chronology
"Out of Hand"
(1974)
"She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)"
(1975)
"You're Not the Woman You Used to Be"
(1975)

"She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)" is a song written by Wayne Carson and recorded by American country music singer Gary Stewart. It was released in March 1975 as the third and final single from the album, Out of Hand. The song was Gary Stewart's third top ten hit on the country chart and his only song to hit number one. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of nine weeks within the top 40.[1]

Cover versions

A version by Randy Rogers Band appears on the 2005 compilation album 'Brewed in Texas, Volume 2'.

In 2010, Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn covered the song for the soundtrack to the film Country Strong and on the same record label (RCA Records).

Chart performance

Chart (1975) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 4

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 333.
Preceded by
"Roll On Big Mama"
by Joe Stampley
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

May 10, 1975
Succeeded by
"(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"
by B. J. Thomas
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