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Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This

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"Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This"

SinglebyCharley Pride

from the album I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio

B-side

"Look in Your Mirror"

Released

October 1987

Genre

Country

Length

3:12

Label

16th Avenue

Songwriter(s)

Rick Giles
John Jarrard

Producer(s)

Jerry Bradley
Charley Pride

Charley Pride singles chronology

"If You Still Want a Fool Around"
(1987)

"Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This"
(1987)

"I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio"
(1988)

"Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This" is a song written by John Jarrard and Rick Giles, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in October 1987 as the first single from his album I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio. The song peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[1] It was Pride's 52nd and final Top 10 hit on Billboard country music charts.

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1987–1988)	Peak position
USHot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	29

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1988)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	30

References[edit]

^ "Charley Pride singles". Allmusic. Retrieved November 25, 2011.

^ "Charley Pride Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2021.

v t e Charley Pride singles
Albums Singles
1960s	"Just Between You and Me" "I Know One" "Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger" "The Day the World Stood Still" "The Easy Part's Over" "Let the Chips Fall" "Kaw-Liga "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)" "(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again" "Wings of a Dove"
1970s	"Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone" "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" "I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me" "I'd Rather Love You" "Did You Think to Pray"/"Let Me Live" "Me and Bobby McGee" "I'm Just Me" "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" "All His Children" (with Henry Mancini) "It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer" "She's Too Good to Be True" "A Shoulder to Cry On" "Don't Fight the Feelings of Love" "Amazing Love" "We Could" "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" "Then Who Am I" "I Ain't All Bad" "Hope You're Feelin' Me (Like I'm Feelin' You)" "The Happiness of Having You" "My Eyes Can Only See as Far as You" "A Whole Lotta Things to Sing About" "She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory" "I'll Be Leaving Alone" "More to Me" "Someone Loves You Honey" "When I Stop Leaving (I'll Be Gone)" "Burgers and Fries" "Where Do I Put Her Memory" "You're My Jamaica" "Missin' You"
1980s	"Honky Tonk Blues" "You Win Again" "You Almost Slipped My Mind" "Roll On Mississippi" "Never Been So Loved (In All My Life)" "Mountain of Love" "I Don't Think She's in Love Anymore" "You're So Good When You're Bad" "Why Baby Why" "More and More" "Night Games" "Ev'ry Heart Should Have One" "The Power of Love" "Missin' Mississippi" "Down on the Farm" "Let a Little Love Come In" "Have I Got Some Blues for You" "If You Still Want a Fool Around" "Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This" "I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio" "Amy's Eyes"
1990s	"Whole Lotta Love on the Line" "You've Got to Stand for Something"

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