It's a Cheating Situation
{{for|the Moe Bandy album|It's a Cheating Situation (album)}}
{{Infobox song
| name = It's a Cheating Situation
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = Moe Bandy with Janie Fricke
| album = It's a Cheating Situation
| B-side = Try My Love on for Size
| released = January 1979
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| genre = Country
| length =
| label = Columbia
| writer = Curly Putman
Sonny Throckmorton
| producer =
| chronology = Moe Bandy
| prev_title = Two Lonely People
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Barstool Mountain
| next_year = 1979
}}
"It's a Cheating Situation" is a song recorded by American country music artists Moe Bandy and Janie Fricke. It was released in January 1979 as the first single and title track from Bandy's album It's a Cheating Situation. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.{{cite web |title=Moe Bandy singles |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=moe-bandy-p1517/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} |work=Allmusic |accessdate=March 15, 2011}} It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.{{cite web |title=RPM Country Singles for April 14, 1979 |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4508a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=fjlj923pm2fouoahacg93glnd0 |work=RPM |accessdate=March 15, 2011}} The song was written by Sonny Throckmorton and Curly Putman.
Charts
=Weekly charts=
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!align="left"|Chart (1979) !align="center"|Peak |
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|2|artist=Moe Bandy}} |
align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks
|align="center"|1 |
=Year-end charts=
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!Chart (1979) !Position |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 17, 2021}}
|align="center"|40 |
References
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Category:Songs written by Curly Putman
Category:Songs written by Sonny Throckmorton
Category:Male–female vocal duets
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