The Best Year of My Life

The Best Year of My Life
The Best Year of My Life
Studio album by Eddie Rabbitt
Released	September 17, 1984
Recorded	1984
Genre	Country
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville (original label); Liberty
Producer	Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens, Jimmy Bowen
Eddie Rabbitt chronology
Singles from The Best Year of My Life
	"B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love"; Released: May 19, 1984; "The Best Year of My Life"; Released: September 1984;

The Best Year of My Life is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1984 under the Warner Bros. Records label, but the rights to the album have since been sold to Liberty Records. The album marked the end of Rabbitt's crossover success. Four singles were released from the album including "B-B-B-Burnin' Up With Love", which peaked at No. 3 on country charts, the title track, which rose to No. 1, "Warning Sign", which charted at No. 4 and "She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye", which peaked at No. 6. The album itself ranked No. 22 on the country albums chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Eddie Rabbitt and Even Stevens except as indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Warning Sign"		2:51
2.	"Could've Been Somebody Else"		3:02
3.	"Dial That Telephone"		3:19
4.	"B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love"	Rabbitt, Stevens, Billy Joe Walker Jr.	2:30
5.	"Every Night I Fall in Love with You" (duet with Hillary Kanter)		3:35
6.	"The Best Year of My Life"		3:11
7.	"Big Brown Eyes"		3:38
8.	"She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye"		3:06
9.	"Over There"	Rabbitt	2:42
10.	"Go to Sleep Big Bertha"		3:40

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic:^[1]
Eddie Rabbitt – vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
Randy McCormick – keyboards, synth string arrangements
Larry Byrom – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Reggie Young – electric guitar
Spady Brannan – bass
David Hungate – bass
Tom Robb – bass
Matt Betton – drums
Paul Leim – percussion
Even Stevens – percussion
Paul Overstreet – additional harmony vocals
Hillary Kanter – vocals (4)

Production

Jimmy Bowen – producer (1, 2, 3, 5-10)
Eddie Rabbitt – producer
Even Stevens – producer
David Hassinger – chief engineer
Dave Adams – assistant engineer
Mark Coddington – assistant engineer
Ben Harris – assistant engineer
Vicki Hicks – assistant engineer
Tim Kish – assistant engineer
Russ Martin – assistant engineer
Ron Treat – assistant engineer
Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
Laura LiPuma – art direction, design
Mark Tucker – photography
Stan Moress – management

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[2]	22

Year-end charts

Chart (1985)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	50

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US Country	US AC	CAN Country
1984	"B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love"	3	36	2
1985	"The Best Year of My Life"	1	—	1
	"Warning Sign"	4	—	3
	"She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye"	6	—	22

References

^ "The Best Year of My Life - Eddie Rabbitt - Credits". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
^ "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

Best Year of My Life, yahoo.com.

[personnel_allmusic-1] "The Best Year of My Life - Eddie Rabbitt - Credits". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2017.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Eddie_Rabbitt-2] "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

[3] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

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Eddie Rabbitt
Studio albums	Eddie Rabbitt Rocky Mountain Music Rabbitt Variations Loveline Horizon Step by Step Radio Romance Rabbitt Trax I Wanna Dance with You Jersey Boy Ten Rounds Beatin' the Odds Songs from Rabbittland
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Notable singles	"You Get to Me" "Forgive and Forget" "I Should Have Married You" "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)" "Rocky Mountain Music" "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" "I Can't Help Myself" "We Can't Go On Living Like This" "Hearts on Fire" "You Don't Love Me Anymore" "I Just Want to Love You" "Every Which Way But Loose" "Suspicions" "Pour Me Another Tequila" "Gone Too Far" "Drivin' My Life Away" "I Love a Rainy Night" "Step by Step" "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" "I Don't Know Where to Start" "You and I" (with Crystal Gayle) "You Can't Run from Love" "You Put the Beat in My Heart" "Nothing Like Falling in Love" "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love" "The Best Year of My Life" "Warning Sign" "She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye" "A World Without Love" "Repetitive Regret" "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" (with Juice Newton) "Gotta Have You" "I Wanna Dance with You" "The Wanderer" "We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" "On Second Thought" "Runnin' with the Wind" "It's Lonely Out Tonite" "American Boy" "Tennessee Born and Bred" "Hang Up the Phone"
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