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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Chiseled in Stone
| name = Chiseled in Stone
| Cover =
| cover =
| alt =
| Artist = [[Vern Gosdin]]
| type = single
| Album = [[Chiseled in Stone (album)|Chiseled in Stone]]
| artist = [[Vern Gosdin]]
| B-side =
| album = [[Chiseled in Stone (album)|Chiseled in Stone]]
| Released = 1988
| B-side = Tight as Twin Fiddles
| Format =
| released = August 27, 1988
| Recorded =
| format =
| Genre = [[Country Music|Country]]
| Length =
| recorded =
| studio =
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| venue =
| Writer = Vern Gosdin, [[Max D. Barnes]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| Producer = [[Bob Montgomery (songwriter)|Bob Montgomery]]
| length = 3:51
| Last single = "[[Set 'Em Up Joe]]"<br />(1988)
| label = [[Sony Music Nashville|Columbia Nashville]]
| This single = "'''Chiseled in Stone'''"<br />(1988)
| writer = Vern Gosdin, [[Max D. Barnes]]
| Next single = "[[Who You Gonna Blame It On This Time]]"<br />(1989)
| producer = [[Bob Montgomery (songwriter)|Bob Montgomery]]
| Misc =
| prev_title = [[Set 'Em Up Joe]]
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = [[Who You Gonna Blame It On This Time]]
| next_year = 1989
}}
}}
"'''Chiseled in Stone'''" is a single by American country music artist [[Vern Gosdin]]. Released in 1988, it was the third single and title track from the album ''[[Chiseled in Stone (album)|Chiseled in Stone]]''. The song reached #6 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] chart<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=140}}</ref>.
"'''Chiseled in Stone'''" is a song co-written and recorded by American [[country music]] artist [[Vern Gosdin]]. It was released in August 1988 as the third single and title track from the album ''[[Chiseled in Stone (album)|Chiseled in Stone]]''. The song reached #6 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=140}}</ref> Gosdin wrote the song with [[Max D. Barnes]].


"Chiseled in Stone" won the [[Country Music Association]]'s [[Country Music Association Awards|Song of the Year]] award in 1989.
==Chart performance==

The backing vocals you hear in the song is a country artist who tours extensively with Gosdin by the name of Rodney Collins from the Second Hand Smoke Band.

== Chart performance ==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1988)
!align="left"|Chart (1988)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|6|artist=Vern Gosdin}}
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks
|-
|align="center"|6
|align="left"|Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Country Tracks<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+49-No.+8-December+10%2C+1988.pdf|title=RPM 100 Country Singles|work=RPM|date=December 10, 1988}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|}
|}


==References==
== References ==
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[[Category:1988 singles]]
[[Category:Vern Gosdin songs]]
[[Category:Vern Gosdin songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Max D. Barnes]]
[[Category:Songs written by Max D. Barnes]]
[[Category:Songs written by Vern Gosdin]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Bob Montgomery (songwriter)]]
[[Category:Columbia Records singles]]
[[Category:1988 songs]]



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Latest revision as of 04:00, 7 December 2020

"Chiseled in Stone"
Single by Vern Gosdin
from the album Chiseled in Stone
B-side"Tight as Twin Fiddles"
ReleasedAugust 27, 1988
GenreCountry
Length3:51
LabelColumbia Nashville
Songwriter(s)Vern Gosdin, Max D. Barnes
Producer(s)Bob Montgomery
Vern Gosdin singles chronology
"Set 'Em Up Joe"
(1988)
"Chiseled in Stone"
(1988)
"Who You Gonna Blame It On This Time"
(1989)

"Chiseled in Stone" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in August 1988 as the third single and title track from the album Chiseled in Stone. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] Gosdin wrote the song with Max D. Barnes.

"Chiseled in Stone" won the Country Music Association's Song of the Year award in 1989.

The backing vocals you hear in the song is a country artist who tours extensively with Gosdin by the name of Rodney Collins from the Second Hand Smoke Band.

Chart performance

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Chart (1988) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[3] 3

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 140.
  2. ^ "Vern Gosdin Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "RPM 100 Country Singles" (PDF). RPM. December 10, 1988.