Loosen Up My Strings

"Loosen Up My Strings"
Single by Clint Black
from the album Nothin' But the Taillights
B-side	"The Shoes You're Wearing"
Released	August 24, 1998
Format	CD Single
Recorded	1997
Genre	Country
Length	3:30
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Clint Black; Hayden Nicholas
Producer(s)	James Stroud; Clint Black
Clint Black singles chronology

"Loosen Up My Strings" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in August 1998 as the fifth single from his album Nothin' but the Taillights. It peaked at #12 in the United States,^[1] and #6 in Canada. The song was written by Black and Hayden Nicholas.

Content

The song is a blue-collar lyric about leaving the 9-to-5 work cycle and having fun.

Charts

"Loosen Up My Strings" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 15, 1998.

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[2]	6
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	12

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	67

References

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↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7068." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 19, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
↑ "Clint Black – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Clint Black.
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[sc_Canadacountry_-2] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7068." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 19, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

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v t e Clint Black singles
Killin' Time	"A Better Man" "Killin' Time" "Nobody's Home" "Walkin' Away" "Nothing's News"
Put Yourself in My Shoes	"Put Yourself in My Shoes" "Loving Blind" "One More Payment" "Where Are You Now"
The Hard Way	"We Tell Ourselves" "Burn One Down" "When My Ship Comes In"
No Time to Kill	"A Bad Goodbye" (with Wynonna Judd) "No Time to Kill" "State of Mind" "A Good Run of Bad Luck" "Half the Man"
One Emotion	"Untanglin' My Mind" "Wherever You Go" "Summer's Comin'" "One Emotion" "Life Gets Away"
Greatest Hits	"Like the Rain" "Half Way Up"
Nothin' but the Taillights	"Still Holding On" (with Martina McBride) "Something That We Do" "Nothin' but the Taillights" "The Shoes You're Wearing" "Loosen Up My Strings" "You Don't Need Me Now"
D'lectrified	"When I Said I Do" (with Lisa Hartman Black) "Been There" (with Steve Wariner) "Love She Can't Live Without"
Greatest Hits II	"Easy for Me to Say" (with Lisa Hartman Black) "Money or Love"
Spend My Time	"Spend My Time" "The Boogie Man" "My Imagination"
Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic	"Rainbow in the Rain" "Code of the West" "Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic" "Heartaches"
On Purpose	"Time for That"
Other songs	"Desperado" "I Raq and Roll" "Hey Good Lookin'" (with Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait) "The Strong One" "Long Cool Woman"

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