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1394:Fix a Drink
1387:Holdin' Her
1285:Discography
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1164:December 5,
1095:October 17,
1065:October 17,
1009:October 21,
903:synthesizer
752:Credits by
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578:Ben Hayslip
573:Rhett Akins
563:"Mine Does"
396:Tommy Cecil
281:Joe Nichols
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1438:Categories
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1401:Drunk Girl
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985:References
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488:Shy Carter
353:Good Vibes
256:Good Vibes
196:Good Vibes
134:chronology
56:2019-10-18
1307:Everybody
1235:Billboard
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1213:Billboard
1155:"Credits"
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1060:Billboard
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907:Wurlitzer
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686:"Beer Me"
672:Tony Lane
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340:Writer(s)
315:Billboard
273:Billboard
145:Everybody
1159:AllMusic
891:clavinet
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432:Oglesby
387:"Check"
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179:Singles
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158:(2019)
149:(2017)
70:Country
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