Whatever (The Statler Brothers song)

"Whatever" is a song recorded by American country music group The Statler Brothers. It was released in July 1982 as the first single from the album The Legend Goes On. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] The song was written by Don Reid and Harold Reid. It is considered to be one of the rarest hits in the Statlers' catalog, as the Legend Goes On album has never been issued on CD as of 2017, and the song had never appeared on any of the group's compilation albums until 2010 when it was included on the 2-disc edition of their ICON Series release.

"Whatever"
Single by The Statler Brothers
from the album The Legend Goes On
B-side"Do You Know You Are My Sunshine"
ReleasedJuly 3, 1982
GenreCountry
Length2:12
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)Don Reid, Harold Reid
Producer(s)Jerry Kennedy
The Statler Brothers singles chronology
"You'll Be Back (Every Night in My Dreams)"
(1982)		 "Whatever"
(1982)		 "A Child of the Fifties"
(1982)

Music video

"Whatever" was the group's first music video. However, original tenor Lew DeWitt, who performed on the track, had fallen ill and could not appear in it. His eventual replacement, Jimmy Fortune, substituted for him in the video.

Chart performance
Chart (1982) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 13

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 320.
  2. "The Statler Brothers Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.


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