Honky Tonk Truth

1997 single by Brooks & Dunn

"Honky Tonk Truth"

Single by Brooks & Dunn

from the album The Greatest Hits Collection

B-side

"He's Got You"

Released

August 25, 1997

Genre

Country

Length

3:14

Label

Arista Nashville 13101

Songwriter(s)

Ronnie Dunn
Kim Williams
Lonnie Wilson

Producer(s)

Kix Brooks
Don Cook
Ronnie Dunn

Brooks & Dunn singles chronology

"Why Would I Say Goodbye"
(1997)

"Honky Tonk Truth"
(1997)

"He's Got You"
(1997)

"Honky Tonk Truth" is a song written by Ronnie Dunn, Kim Williams and Lonnie Wilson, and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in August 1997 as the first single from their first compilation album The Greatest Hits Collection. It peaked at #3 on the US Country chart.^[1]

Music video

The music video premiered on CMT in August, 1997 and featured NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt dressed like Kix Brooks. It was directed by Sherman Halsey. It was shot in Las Vegas. Brooks & Dunn are also seen performing in Caesar's Palace casino, the top balcony of the Rio hotel overlooking the city & in front of the old Caesar's Palace sign on the Strip, displaying song related messages such as, "Liar." Ronnie Dunn was dressed in all black.

Chart positions

"Honky Tonk Truth" debuted at number 41 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of August 30, 1997.

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[2]	3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	39
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	67

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 56.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3373." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 3, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
^ "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997". RPM. December 15, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
^ "Best of 1997: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.

Brooks & Dunn

Kix Brooks
Ronnie Dunn

Studio albums

Compilations

The Greatest Hits Collection
Super Hits
The Greatest Hits Collection II
Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn
#1s… and Then Some

Singles

1990s	"Brand New Man" "My Next Broken Heart" "Neon Moon" "Boot Scootin' Boogie" "Lost and Found" "Hard Workin' Man" "We'll Burn That Bridge" "She Used to Be Mine" "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" "That Ain't No Way to Go" "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" "I'll Never Forgive My Heart" "Little Miss Honky Tonk" "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" "Whiskey Under the Bridge" "My Maria" "I Am That Man" "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing" "A Man This Lonely" "Why Would I Say Goodbye" "Honky Tonk Truth" "He's Got You" "If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Reba McEntire) "How Long Gone" "Husbands and Wives" "I Can't Get Over You" "Missing You" "Beer Thirty"
2000s	"You'll Always Be Loved by Me" "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" "Only in America" "The Long Goodbye" "My Heart Is Lost to You" "Every River" "Red Dirt Road" "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" "That's What She Gets for Loving Me" "That's What It's All About" "It's Getting Better All the Time" "Play Something Country" "Believe" "Building Bridges" (with Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill) "Hillbilly Deluxe" "Proud of the House We Built" "God Must Be Busy" "Put a Girl in It" "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Reba McEntire) "Indian Summer" "Honky Tonk Stomp" (with Billy Gibbons)

1990s

"Brand New Man"
"My Next Broken Heart"
"Neon Moon"
"Boot Scootin' Boogie"
"Lost and Found"
"Hard Workin' Man"
"We'll Burn That Bridge"
"She Used to Be Mine"
"Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"
"That Ain't No Way to Go"
"She's Not the Cheatin' Kind"
"I'll Never Forgive My Heart"
"Little Miss Honky Tonk"
"You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone"
"Whiskey Under the Bridge"
"My Maria"
"I Am That Man"
"Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing"
"A Man This Lonely"
"Why Would I Say Goodbye"
"Honky Tonk Truth"
"He's Got You"
"If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Reba McEntire)
"How Long Gone"
"Husbands and Wives"
"I Can't Get Over You"
"Missing You"
"Beer Thirty"

2000s

"You'll Always Be Loved by Me"
"Ain't Nothing 'bout You"
"Only in America"
"The Long Goodbye"
"My Heart Is Lost to You"
"Every River"
"Red Dirt Road"
"You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl"
"That's What She Gets for Loving Me"
"That's What It's All About"
"It's Getting Better All the Time"
"Play Something Country"
"Believe"
"Building Bridges" (with Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill)
"Hillbilly Deluxe"
"Proud of the House We Built"
"God Must Be Busy"
"Put a Girl in It"
"Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Reba McEntire)
"Indian Summer"
"Honky Tonk Stomp" (with Billy Gibbons)

Solo works

Kix Brooks	Kix Brooks "Sacred Ground" New to This Town "New to This Town"
Ronnie Dunn	Ronnie Dunn "Bleed Red" "Cost of Livin'" "Let the Cowboy Rock" Peace, Love, and Country Music Tattooed Heart "Damn Drunk" Re-Dunn "Amarillo by Morning" "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"