I'm Gonna Hurt Her on the Radio

{{Short description|1985 song performed by David Allan Coe}}

{{Infobox song

| name = I'm Gonna Hurt Her on the Radio

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = David Allan Coe

| album = Unchained

| B-side = "He Has to Pay (For What I Get for Free)"

| released = November 2, 1985

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 2:38

| label = Columbia Nashville

| writer = Mac McAnally, Tom Brasfield

| producer = Billy Sherrill{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/David-Allan-Coe-Unchained/release/2133918|title=Unchained|work=Discogs|access-date=7 November 2014}}

| prev_title = My Elusive Dreams

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = A Country Boy Who Rolled the Rock Away

| next_year = 1986

}}

{{Infobox song

| name = I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Charley Pride

| album = I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio

| B-side = "Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This"

| released = May 7, 1988

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 2:53

| label = 16th Avenue

| writer = Mac McAnally, Tom Brasfield

| producer = Jerry Bradley, Charley Pride

| prev_title = Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Where Was I

| next_year = 1988

}}

"I'm Gonna Hurt Her on the Radio" is a song written by Mac McAnally and Tom Brasfield. The song was first recorded by Keith Whitley in 1984, but went unreleased until five years after his death in 1994 on the Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album. The first release of the song was by The Bellamy Brothers on their 1985 album Howard & David, and then shortly thereafter by David Allan Coe on his 1985 album Unchained. Coe's version went to number 52 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart that year.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2|pages=98}}

The most successful version of the song was recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride as "I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio".Whitburn, p. 540 and released in May 1988 as the second single and title track from the album I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio. Pride's single reached number 13 on the same chart.Whitburn, pp. 335

Shenandoah also released a version on their 1987 self-titled debut album.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/shenandoah-mr0000266239|title=Shenandoah|work=Allmusic|access-date=7 November 2014}}

Chart performance

=David Allan Coe=

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!align="left"|Chart (1985)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|52|artist=David Allan Coe}}

=Charley Pride=

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!align="left"|Chart (1988)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|13|artist=Charley Pride}}
align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks

|align="center"|33

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