It Won't Hurt
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| "It Won't Hurt" | ||||
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| Single by Dwight Yoakam | ||||
| from the album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. | ||||
| B-side | "Bury Me" | |||
| Released | November 3, 1986 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:03 | |||
| Label | Reprise 28565 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dwight Yoakam | |||
| Producer(s) | Pete Anderson | |||
| Dwight Yoakam singles chronology | ||||
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"It Won't Hurt" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released in November 1986 as the third and final single from his debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.. While it missed the top 30 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, it became a top ten hit in Canada, peaking at number 7 on the Canadian RPM country singles chart. The song can be heard during the outro to Yoakam's music video for "Honky-Tonk Man".
Larry Flick, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "classic hurtin' and drinkin' song convincingly sung."[1] Spin wrote, "Fiddles and banjos are the instruments of the mornent here. It’s unadulterated hayseed stuff, but with a sense of playfulness that fans of any musical genre can appreciate."[2]