Fourteen Carat Mind

"Fourteen Carat Mind"
Single by Gene Watson
from the album Old Loves Never Die
B-side"Lonely Me"
ReleasedSeptember 1981
RecordedJune 1981
GenreCountry
Length2:38
LabelMCA 51183
Songwriter(s)Dallas Frazier and Larry Lee
Producer(s)Russ Reeder and Gene Watson
Gene Watson singles chronology
"Maybe I Should Have Been Listening"
(1981) 		"Fourteen Carat Mind"
(1981) 		"Speak Softly (You're Talking to My Heart)"
(1982)

"Fourteen Carat Mind" is a song written by Dallas Frazier and Larry Lee, and recorded by American country music artist Gene Watson. It was released in September 1981 as the first single from the album Old Loves Never Die. The song was Watson's twentieth country hit and his only song to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The single stayed at No. 1 for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on that chart.[1]

Charts

Chart (1981–1982) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 5

Covers

The Osborne Brothers covered the song on their 1991 album Hillbilly Fever. Daniel Donato has covered the song on his 2021 album "Cosmic Country & Western Songs"

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 374.
  2. ^ "Gene Watson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.


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