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==Chart performance==
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|align="left"|Canada [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] Top Singles
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|align="left"|Canada ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary
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|align="left"|U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]
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|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|Adult Contemporary]]
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|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock]]<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/1981-10-03 ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks, October 3, 1981]</ref>
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Top Rock Tracks]]<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/1981-10-03 ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks, October 3, 1981]</ref>
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|align="left"|U.S. ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151004205211/http://50.6.195.142/archives/80s_files/19811107.html] </ref>
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Revision as of 23:51, 23 May 2018

"Hard to Say"
Song
B-side"The Innocent Age"

"Hard to Say" is the title of a popular song from 1981 written and performed by the American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg. The song first appeared on Fogelberg's album The Innocent Age.

Fogelberg wrote the song while recovering from surgery.[1] The song features backing vocals by singer Glenn Frey of the Eagles.[2] The song became Fogelberg's third Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart when it peaked at #7 in October 1981.[2] It also spent three weeks at #2 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.[1] It became his greatest hit in Canada, where it peaked at #16 Pop and #1 AC.

Chart performance

References

  1. ^ a b Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  3. ^ Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks, October 3, 1981
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  6. ^ [2]