I've Been Around Enough to Know

{{Infobox song

| name = I've Been Around Enough to Know

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = John Schneider

| album = Too Good to Stop Now

| B-side = Trouble

| released = July 1984

| recorded = 1984

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 2:37

| label = MCA

| writer = Dickey Lee and Bob McDill

| producer = Jimmy Bowen

| prev_title = If You Believe

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Country Girls

| next_year = 1985

}}

"I've Been Around Enough to Know" is a song written by Bob McDill and Dickey Lee. It was first recorded in 1975 by Jo-El Sonnier for Mercury Records. Sonnier's version, his debut single, peaked at number 78 on the Hot Country Songs charts.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=393|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} Sonnier's version was produced by Glenn Keener.{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/73702|title=I've Been Around Enough to Know|work=45cat.com|accessdate=15 January 2014}} In 1978, Conway Twitty released Conway which included "I've Been Around Enough to Know". It was later recorded by American country music artist and The Dukes of Hazzard cast member John Schneider. It was released in July 1984 as the first single from the album Too Good to Stop Now. The song was Schneider's fourth country hit and the first of four number ones on the country chart.Whitburn, pp. 370-371

Chart performance

=Jo-El Sonnier=

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!align="left"|Chart (1975)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|78|artist=Jo-El Sonnier}}

=John Schneider=

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!align="left"|Chart (1984)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=John Schneider}}
align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1984)

!Position

US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1984/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1984|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 14, 2021}}

|align="center"|25

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