Slave to the Habit

"Slave to the Habit"
Single by Shane Minor
from the album Shane Minor
Released	March 23, 1999
Length	3:04
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Toby Keith, Chuck Cannon, Kostas
Producer(s)	Dann Huff
Shane Minor singles chronology
"Slave to the Habit" (1999) "Ordinary Love" (1999)

"Slave to the Habit" is a song recorded by American country music artist Shane Minor. It was his debut single and was released in March 1999 as the first single from the album Shane Minor. The song reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 8 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.^[1] It was written by Toby Keith, Chuck Cannon, and Kostas.^[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Steven Goldmann and premiered in March 1999.

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3]	8
US Billboard Hot 100[4]	82
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5]	20

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6]	81

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 234.
2. Benitez-Eves, Tina (2023-05-03), 3 Songs You Didn't Know Toby Keith Wrote for Other Artists, retrieved 2024-02-17
3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 8377." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 2, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
4. "Shane Minor Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
5. "Shane Minor Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
6. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1999". RPM. December 13, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.