"Honey I Dare You"
Single by Southern Pacific
from the album Zuma
B-side"Trail of Tears"
ReleasedJanuary 1989
GenreCountry
Length3:51
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)David Jenkins
Stu Cook
John McFee
Dave Gibson
Craig Karp
Producer(s)Southern Pacific, Jim Ed Norman
Southern Pacific singles chronology
"New Shade of Blue"
(1988) 		"Honey I Dare You"
(1989) 		"All is Lost"
(1989)

"Honey I Dare You" is a song recorded by American country music group Southern Pacific. It was released in January 1989 as the third single from the album Zuma. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] The song was written by David Jenkins, Stu Cook, John McFee, Dave Gibson, and Craig Karp.

Content

Band members David Jenkins, Stu Cook, and John McFee wrote the song with Nashville songwriters Dave Gibson and Craig Karp. The song is composed in the key of E major, with a modulation to F major in the last verse.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1989) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1989) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 41
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 72

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 326.
  2. ^ "Pacific hits crest in country". The Tenneseean. February 5, 1989. pp. A7. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "Southern Pacific Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  5. ^ "Best of 1989: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.


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