That's a No No
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{{Infobox song
| name = That's a No No
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Lynn Anderson
| album = At Home with Lynn
| B-side = If Silence is Golden
| released = {{Start date|1969|07|}}
| recorded = May 1969
| studio = RCA Victor (Nashville, Tennessee)
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Country|Nashville Sound{{cite web |title=At Home with Lynn: Lynn Anderson: Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/at-home-with-lynn-mw0000967975 |website=Allmusic |accessdate=25 May 2020}}}}
| length = {{duration|m=2|s=00}}
| label = Chart
| writer = Ben Peters
| producer = Slim Williamson
| prev_title = Where's the Playground, Bobby?
| prev_year = 1969
| next_title = He'd Still Love Me
| next_year = 1969
}}
"That's a No No" is a song written by Ben Peters. It was recorded by American country music artist Lynn Anderson and released as a single in July 1969 via Chart Records.
Background and release
"That's a No No" was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in May 1969, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions was produced by Slim Williamson, Anderson's producer while recording for the Chart label.{{cite journal |last1=Anderson |first1=Lynn |title=At Home with Lynn (Album Info and Liner Notes) |journal=Chart Records |date=1969}}
"That's a No No" reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1969. It was Anderson's seventh major hit single as a recording artist.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc.|year=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} It also became a major hit on the Canadian RPM Country Songs chart, reaching number two in 1969.{{cite magazine|title=Results under "Country Singles" for Lynn Anderson|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=gmrhouli7kvfvaeu848ka389j0&q1=Lynn+Anderson&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20|magazine=RPM|accessdate=4 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021045054/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=gmrhouli7kvfvaeu848ka389j0&q1=Lynn+Anderson&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20|archive-date=21 October 2012|url-status=dead}} The song was issued on Anderson's 1969 studio album, At Home with Lynn.
Track listings
;7" vinyl single{{cite web |title=Lynn Anderson -- "That's a No No" |url=https://www.discogs.com/Lynn-Anderson-Thats-A-No-No/release/3002661 |website=Discogs |year=1969 |accessdate=25 May 2020}}
- "That's a No No" – 2:00
- "If Silence Is Golden" – 2:30
Chart performance
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1968–1969)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"|Canada Country Songs (RPM)
|2 |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|2|artist=Lynn Anderson|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 25, 2020}} |
References
{{reflist}}
{{Lynn Anderson singles}}