{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Step On Out | type = studio | artist = The Oak Ridge Boys | cover = steponout.jpg | alt = | released = March 6, 1985 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Country | length = 33:17 | label = MCA | producer = Ron Chancey | prev_title = Greatest Hits 2 | prev_year = 1984 | next_title = Seasons | next_year = 1986 | misc = {{Singles | name = Step On Out | type = studio | single1 = Little Things | single1date = March 30, 1985 | single2 = Touch a Hand, Make a Friend | single2date = August 3, 1985 | single3 = Come On In (You Did the Best You Could Do) | single3date = November 23, 1985 }} }}
'''''Step On Out''''' is the eleventh album by The Oak Ridge Boys, released in 1985. It contains the #1 singles "Touch a Hand (Make a Friend)" and "Little Things", as well as the #3 "Come On In (You Did the Best You Could Do)". The title song was co-written by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member and former Byrds bass player Chris Hillman.
==Critical reception== A review in ''Billboard'' praised "Ophelia" and "Little Things" as the most interesting songs, while also making note of Chancey's production and the vocal harmonies.<ref name="heart billboard">{{cite magazine|date=March 30, 1985|title=Reviews|magazine=Billboard|page=72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5yMEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22kathy+mattea%22+%22From+my+heart%22&pg=PT149|last1=Nielsen Business Media|first1=Inc}}</ref>
==Track listing==
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| title1 = Touch a Hand, Make a Friend | writer1 = Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson, Carl Hampton | length1 = 3:28
| title2 = Ophelia | writer2 = Robbie Robertson | length2 = 3:04
| title3 = Love Is Everywhere | writer3 = Dennis Linde | length3 = 3:26
| title4 = Only One I Love | writer4 = Michael Foster, Jimbeau Hinson | length4 = 2:50
| title5 = Roll Tennessee River | writer5 = Russell Smith, Dave Loggins | length5 = 3:38
| title6 = Little Things | writer6 = Billy Barber | length6 = 3:24
| title7 = Class Reunion | writer7 = Craig Morris, Don Henry | length7 = 4:22
| title8 = Staying Afloat | writer8 = J. D. Martin, Don King | length8 = 2:48
| title9 = Come On In (You Did the Best You Could Do) | writer9 = Rick Giles, George Green | length9 = 3:31
| title10 = Step On Out | writer10 = Chris Hillman, Peter Knobler | length10 = 3:12 }}
==Singles== *Little Things / Secret Of Love - 1985 - MCA 52556 *Come On In (You Did The Best You Could Do) / Roll Tennessee River - 1985 - MCA 52646 *Touch A Hand Make A Friend / Only One I Love - 1985 - MCA 57272
==Personnel== ===The Oak Ridge Boys=== *Joe Bonsall - tenor *Duane Allen - lead *William Lee Golden - baritone *Richard Sterban - bass
===Additional musicians=== *Barry Beckett - keyboards *Mickey Buckins - percussion *Harrison Calloway - horns *Duncan Cameron - electric guitar, acoustic guitar *Jimmy Capps - acoustic guitar *Jerry Carrigan - drums *Ronnie Eades - horns *Lloyd Green - steel guitar *Roger Hawkins - drums *David Hood - bass guitar *Jim Horn - horns *Clayton Ivey - keyboards *Jimmy Johnson - electric guitar *Kenneth Lovelace - fiddle *Nashville String Machine - string section *Steve Nathan - keyboards *Ron Oates - keyboards *Wayne Perkins - electric guitar *Charles Rose - horns *Brent Rowan - electric guitar *Billy Sanford - electric guitar, acoustic guitar *Dennis Solee - horns *Harvey Thompson - horns *Jack Williams - bass guitar *Reggie Young - electric guitar
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1985) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|156|artist=The Oak Ridge Boys|rowheader=true|access-date=June 8, 2021}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCountry|3|artist=The Oak Ridge Boys|rowheader=true|access-date=June 8, 2021}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1985) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1985/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 8, 2021}}</ref> | 17 |} {{col-end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:1985 albums Category:MCA Records albums Category:The Oak Ridge Boys albums Category:Albums produced by Ron Chancey Category:Albums recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio