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 =

| alt =

| 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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| recorded =

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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
position

{{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