Warning Labels

{{Infobox song

| name = Warning Labels

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| B-side = "Left, Leavin', Goin' or Gone"{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=405|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}

| released = June 29, 1992

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 2:58

| label = Epic

| writer = Kim Williams, Oscar Turman

| producer = Doug Johnson

| prev_title = Come In Out of the Pain

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Too Busy Being in Love

| next_year = 1992

}}

"Warning Labels" is a song written by Kim Williams and Oscar Turman, and recorded by American country music artist Doug Stone. It was released in June 1992 as the lead single from the album From the Heart. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo where the male narrator, feeling the loss of his lover, listens to music by Merle Haggard and George Jones. As the songs remind him of his own loss, he states that "they oughta put warning labels on those sad country songs".{{cite book|last=Ching|first=Barbara|title=Wrong's What I Do Best : Hard Country Music and Contemporary Culture|url=https://archive.org/details/wrongswhatidobes00chin|url-access=registration|date=July 2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/wrongswhatidobes00chin/page/132 132]}}

Music video

The music video was directed by Wayne Miller and premiered in mid-1992.

Chart performance

"Warning Labels" debuted at number 48 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 11, 1992.

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!align="left"|Chart (1992)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Canadacountry|6|chartid=1893|publishdate=October 10, 1992|accessdate=August 15, 2013}}

=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"\|Chart (1992) !scope="col"\|Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web\|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.1861&type=1&interval=24\|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992\|work=RPM\|date=December 19, 1992\|accessdate=August 15, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 91
US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web \| url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1992/hot-country-songs\| title=Best of 1992: Country Songs \| work=Billboard \| publisher=Prometheus Global Media \| date=1992\| accessdate=August 15, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 21

class="wikitable sortable"

scope="col"|Chart (1992)

!scope="col"|Position

Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.1861&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992|work=RPM|date=December 19, 1992|accessdate=August 15, 2013}}

| align="center" | 91

US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1992/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1992: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1992| accessdate=August 15, 2013}}

| align="center" | 21

References

Category:1992 singles

Category:Doug Stone songs

Category:Epic Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Doug Johnson (record producer)

Category:Songs written by Kim Williams (songwriter)

Category:1992 songs