Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That
{{Infobox song
| name = Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That
| cover = whydu.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Dolly Parton
| album = White Limozeen
| B-side = "Wait 'Till I Get You Home"{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|pages=315–317|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2|author-link=Joel Whitburn}}
| released = April 24, 1989
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| recorded =
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| genre = Country
| length = 2:33
| label = Columbia
| writer = Bob Carlisle, Randy Thomas
| producer = Ricky Skaggs
| prev_title = Make Love Work
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = Yellow Roses
| next_year = 1989
}}
"Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" is a song written by Bob Carlisle and Randy Thomas, and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. It was released in April 1989 as the first single from the album White Limozeen. The song was Parton's 22nd number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 20 weeks on the country chart.
Parton performed the song (along with the title track to the album) when she hosted Saturday Night Live on April 15, 1989.
The song has also been recorded as a duet by Jill Johnson and Nina Persson, released on the 2007 Jill Johnson cover album Music Row,[http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/002206876 Information at Svensk mediedatabas] which received much SR P4 airplay.
Personnel
- Mark Casstevens, Steve Gibson, Albert Lee — guitar
- Mike Brignardello — bass
- Eddie Bayers — drums
- Barry Beckett — piano
- Béla Fleck – banjo
- Jo-El Sonnier — Cajun accordion
- Ricky Skaggs — acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle, triangle, harmony vocals
- Curtis Young — harmony vocals{{Cite AV media notes |title= Dolly |others= Dolly Parton |year= 2009|page= 55|publisher= Sony Music Entertainment|id= 88697 48086 2|location= New York, New York}}
Chart performance
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| align="left"|Chart (1989)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak |
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| {{singlechart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=6395|publishdate=August 7, 1989|access-date=August 28, 2013}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Dolly Parton}} |
=Year-end charts=
References
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{{Dolly Parton songs}}
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Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:Songs written by Bob Carlisle