Bobbie Sue
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Bobbie Sue
| type = Studio
| artist = the Oak Ridge Boys
| cover = Bobbie Sue.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1982
| recorded = 1981
| venue =
| studio = *Woodland (Nashville, Tennessee)
| genre = Country
| length = 31:11
| label = MCA
| producer = Ron Chancey
| prev_title = Fancy Free
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Christmas
| next_year = 1982
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Bobbie Sue
| type = studio
| single1 = Bobbie Sue
| single1date = 1982
| single2 = I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone)
| single2date = 1982
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=515}}
}}
Bobbie Sue is a studio album by the Oak Ridge Boys, released in 1982.{{cite book |title=Country Music: The Encyclopedia |date=2000 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |pages=345–346}} Its title song was a No. 1 country chart hit and a No. 12 hit on the Hot 100 singles chart.
The album included cover versions of two songs: "So Fine", a song originally by the Fiestas; and "Up on Cripple Creek", originally by the Band.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| total length =
| title1 = Bobbie Sue
| writer1 = Wood Newton, Dan Tyler, Adele Tyler
| length1 = 3:03
| title2 = I Wish You Were Here (Oh My Darlin')
| writer2 = Michael Foster
| length2 = 3:36
| title3 = Doctor's Orders
| writer3 = Rory Bourke, Bruce Channel, Kieran Kane
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Old Kentucky Song
| writer4 = Kix Brooks, Ed Hunnicutt
| length4 = 2:37
| title5 = So Fine
| writer5 = Johnny Otis
| length5 = 2:50
| title6 = I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone)
| writer6 = Sonny Throckmorton
| length6 = 3:35
| title7 = Back in Your Arms Again
| writer7 = Rusty Golden
| length7 = 3:02
| title8 = Up on Cripple Creek
| writer8 = Robbie Robertson
| length8 = 3:19
| title9 = Until You
| writer9 = Golden, Jimbeau Hinson
| length9 = 3:14
| title10 = Would They Love Him Down in Shreveport?
| writer10 = Bobby Braddock
| length10 = 2:22
}}
Personnel
=The Oak Ridge Boys=
=Musicians=
- Jimmy Capps - acoustic guitar
- Jerry Carrigan - drums, percussion
- Gene Chrisman - drums, percussion
- Farrell Morris - percussion
- Weldon Myrick - steel guitar
- Ron Oates - keyboards
- Billy Sanford - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Jack Williams - bass guitar
- Chip Young - acoustic guitar
- Reggie Young - electric guitar
=The [[Muscle Shoals Horns]]=
- Harrison Calloway - trumpet
- Ronnie Eades - baritone saxophone
- Charles Rose - trombone
- Harvey Thompson - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
Strings arranged by Bergen White
Chart performance
=Album=
| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1982) ! Peak |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200{{cite web |title=The Oak Ridge Boys |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-oak-ridge-boys/ |website=Billboard |access-date=November 8, 2024}}
| align="center"| 20 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums
| align="center"| 27 |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions |
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="40"| US Country ! width="40"| US ! width="40"| US AC ! width="40"| CAN Country ! width="40"| CAN ! width="40"| CAN AC |
| rowspan="3"| 1982
| align="left"| "Bobbie Sue" | 1 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| align="left"| "So Fine"
| 22 | 76 | — | 16 | — | — |
| align="left"| "I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone)"
| 2 | — | — | 4 | — | — |