If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)

"If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)"
"If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)"
Single by George Strait
from the album Strait Country
B-side	"Her Goodbye Hit Me In the Heart"
Released	January 7, 1982
Recorded	June 16, 1981
Genre	Country
Length	2:55
Label	MCA (51104)
Songwriter(s)	Blake Mevis; David Wills
Producer(s)	Blake Mevis
George Strait singles chronology

B-side"Her Goodbye Hit Me In the Heart"

ReleasedJanuary 7, 1982

RecordedJune 16, 1981

GenreCountry

"If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" is a song written by Blake Mevis and David Wills, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in January 1982 as the third and final single from his debut album Strait Country. It peaked at #3 in the United States on the Billboard Country Singles Chart (#1 on Cashbox), while it was a #2 in Canada.

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	3
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2

v t e George Strait singles
Albums Singles Ace in the Hole Band The Cowboy Rides Away Tour
1980s	"Unwound" "Down and Out" "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" "Fool Hearted Memory" "Marina del Rey" "Amarillo by Morning" "A Fire I Can't Put Out" "You Look So Good in Love" "Right or Wrong" "Let's Fall to Pieces Together" "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" "The Cowboy Rides Away" "The Fireman" "The Chair" "You're Something Special to Me" "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You" "Ocean Front Property" "All My Ex's Live in Texas" "Am I Blue" "Famous Last Words of a Fool" "Baby Blue" "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" "Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" "What's Going On in Your World" "Ace in the Hole" "Overnight Success"
1990s	"Love Without End, Amen" "Drinking Champagne" "I've Come to Expect It from You" "If I Know Me" "You Know Me Better Than That" "The Chill of an Early Fall" "Lovesick Blues" "Gone as a Girl Can Get" "So Much Like My Dad" "I Cross My Heart" "Heartland" "When Did You Stop Loving Me" "Easy Come, Easy Go" "I'd Like to Have That One Back" "Lovebug" "The Man in Love with You" "The Big One" "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody" "Adalida" "Lead On" "Check Yes or No" "I Know She Still Loves Me" "Blue Clear Sky" "Carried Away" "I Can Still Make Cheyenne" "King of the Mountain" "One Night at a Time" "Carrying Your Love with Me" "Today My World Slipped Away" "Round About Way" "I Just Want to Dance with You" "True" "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This" "Meanwhile" "Write This Down" "What Do You Say to That"
2000s	"The Best Day" "Go On" "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You" "If You Can Do Anything Else" "Run" "Living and Living Well" "She'll Leave You with a Smile" "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" "Cowboys Like Us" "Desperately" "I Hate Everything" "You'll Be There" "She Let Herself Go" "The Seashores of Old Mexico" "Give It Away" "It Just Comes Natural" "Wrapped" "How 'bout Them Cowgirls" "I Saw God Today" "Troubadour" "River of Love" "Living for the Night" "Twang"
2010s	"I Gotta Get to You" "The Breath You Take" "Here for a Good Time" "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" "Drinkin' Man" "Give It All We Got Tonight" "I Believe" "I Got a Car" "Let It Go" "Cold Beer Conversation" "Every Little Honky Tonk Bar"
Other songs	"Murder on Music Row" (w/ Alan Jackson) "Hey, Good Lookin'" (w/ Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson and Toby Keith) "Shiftwork" (w/ Kenny Chesney) "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven"

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