Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico

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"Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico"
Single by Johnny Rodriguez
from the album All I Ever Meant to Do Was Sing
B-side "Release Me"
Released August 1973
Genre Country
Label Mercury
Writer(s) Johnny Rodriguez
Producer(s) Jerry Kennedy
Johnny Rodriguez singles chronology
"You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)"
(1973)
"Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico"
(1973)
"That's the Way Love Goes"
(1974)

"Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Johnny Rodriguez. It was released in August 1973 as the first single from the album All I Ever Meant to Do Is Sing. "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico" was Rodriguez's second number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the charts.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1973) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 70
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

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Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

October 13-October 20, 1973
Succeeded by
"We're Gonna Hold On"
by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
Preceded by RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

November 17, 1973
Succeeded by
"Paper Roses"
by Marie Osmond

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