# Blue to the Bone

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Blue to the Bone
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Sweethearts of the Rodeo](/source/Sweethearts_of_the_Rodeo)
| album      = [One Time, One Night](/source/One_Time%2C_One_Night)
| B-side     = You Never Talk Sweet
| released   = August 6, 1988
| format     =
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Country](/source/Country_music)
| length     = 2:54
| label      = [Columbia](/source/Columbia_Records)
| writer     = Michael Garvin, Bucky Jones
| producer   = [Steve Buckingham](/source/Steve_Buckingham_(record_producer))
| prev_title = [Satisfy You](/source/Satisfy_You_(Sweethearts_of_the_Rodeo_song))
| prev_year  = 1988
| next_title = [I Feel Fine](/source/I_Feel_Fine)
| next_year  = 1989
}}
"'''Blue to the Bone'''" is a song written by Michael Garvin and Bucky Jones, and recorded by American [country music](/source/country_music) duo [Sweethearts of the Rodeo](/source/Sweethearts_of_the_Rodeo).  It was released in August 1988 as the second single from the album ''[One Time, One Night](/source/One_Time%2C_One_Night)''.  The song reached #5 on the ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Hot Country Singles & Tracks](/source/Hot_Country_Songs) chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=341}}</ref>

==Charts==

===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1988)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|5|artist=Sweethearts of the Rodeo}}
|-
|align="left"|Canadian ''[RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine))'' Country Tracks<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+49-No.+4-November+12%2C+1988.pdf|title=RPM 100 Country Singles|work=RPM|date=November 12, 1988}}</ref>
|align="center"|8
|}

===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1988)
!Position
|-
|US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988|work=Billboard|accessdate=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|52
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Sweethearts of the Rodeo}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blue To The Bone}}
Category:1988 singles
Category:1988 songs
Category:Sweethearts of the Rodeo songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Steve Buckingham (record producer)
Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:Songs written by Michael Garvin
Category:Songs written by Bucky Jones

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