Rumor Has It (Reba McEntire album)

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Rumor Has It is the seventeenth album by Reba McEntire, released in 1990. The album continued her streak of late-80s success. The album features one of her signature songs, "Fancy". CMT ranked "Fancy" at No. 26 on its list of the 100 Greatest Country Songs. Additionally, they ranked the video at No. 35 on their list of 100 Greatest Country Videos. Despite this acclaim, initially the song wasn't one of McEntire's larger radio hits. It peaked outside of the Top 5 at No. 8. The album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard country album chart and No. 39 on the Billboard 200, becoming her first album to enter the mainstream top 40. It sold atleast 100,000 copies in the first week. It is currently certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

The album also contained a TV theme song - though not the last TV theme song McEntire would record. The track "Climb That Mountain High" was featured in the opening credits of an early 90s sitcom on ABC called Delta starring Delta Burke, who played an aspiring country singer. Reba also made a guest appearance on the short-lived sit-com.

Additionally, the track "Waitin' For the Deal to Go Down" was previously recorded by country singer Cee Cee Chapman on her 1988 album Twist of Fate, and later in 1992 by the short-lived country music band Dixiana on their only major-label album. Their version was released as a single that year, peaking at #39 on the country charts.

Track listing

1. "Climb That Mountain High" (Don Schlitz, Reba McEntire) 2:51
2. "Rumor Has It" (Bruce Burch, Vern Dant, Larry Shell) 3:43
3. "Waitin' for the Deal to Go Down" (Bobby Fischer, Austin Roberts, Charlie Black) 3:14
4. "You Lie" (Fischer, Roberts, Black) 3:55
5. "Now You Tell Me" (Donny Kees, Shawna Harrington) 3:36
6. "Fancy" (Bobbie Gentry) 4:59
7. "Fallin' Out of Love" (Jon Ims) 4:34
8. "This Picture" (S. Alan Taylor, Lisa Palas) 3:23
9. "You Remember Me" (Jesse Winchester) 4:23
10. "That's All She Wrote" (Joe Chemay, John Hobbs) 3:24

Production

• Produced By Tony Brown & Reba McEntire for Reba McEntire Productions
• Mixed By John Guess
• Second Engineer: Jessie Noble
• Mastered By Glenn Meadows & John Guess
• Digital Editing By Milan Bogdan

This is the first album that Tony Brown produced for Reba.

Sales chart positions

Album

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	39
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1

Certifications/sales

Country	Certification (thresholds)	Sales
United States	3×Platinum	3,800,000
Canada	Platinum	100,000
World-Wide		3,900,000

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1990	"You Lie"	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	#1
1990	"Rumor Has It"	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	#1
1991	"Fancy"	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	#7
1991	"Fallin' Out Of Love"	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	#2