You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)

"You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)" is a song written by Susanna Clark and Harlan Howard. It was originally recorded by American country artist Gail Davies for her fifth studio album entitled What Can I Say.

"You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)"
Single by Gail Davies
from the album What Can I Say
B-side"The Boy in You Is Showing"[1]
ReleasedSeptember 1983
RecordedJune 1983[1]
StudioWoodland (Nashville, Tennessee)
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gail Davies
Gail Davies singles chronology
"Singing the Blues"
(1983)
"You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)"
(1983)
"Boys Like You"
(1984)

The song was recorded in June 1983 at the Woodland Studios, located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The session was produced entirely by Davies, who had been self-producing her recording sessions for several years.[1] Released as a single in September 1983, "You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)" reached the eighteenth position on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart. The single became Davies' ninth top-twenty hit on the Billboard country chart.[2] In addition, the single peaked within the top-twenty on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[3]

Chart performance

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Chart (1983-1984) Peak
position
Canada Country Songs (RPM)[3] 20
US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)[2] 18

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies: Gail Davies". Praguefrank's Country Discographies. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
  3. ^ a b "Search results for "Gail Davies" under Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 29 May 2014.