The Best Year of My Life

The Best Year of My Life
Studio album by Eddie Rabbitt
Released	September 17, 1984
Recorded	1984
Genre	Country
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville (original label) Liberty
Producer	Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens, Jimmy Bowen
Eddie Rabbitt chronology
Greatest Hits Vol. II (1983) The Best Year of My Life (1984) Rabbitt Trax (1986)
Singles from The Best Year of My Life
"B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love" Released: May 19, 1984 "The Best Year of My Life" Released: September 1984

The Best Year of My Life is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1984 under the Warner Bros. Records label, but the rights to the album have since been sold to Liberty Records. The album marked the end of Rabbitt's crossover success. Four singles were released from the album including "B-B-B-Burnin' Up With Love", which peaked at No. 3 on country charts, the title track, which rose to No. 1, "Warning Sign", which charted at No. 4 and "She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye", which peaked at No. 6. The album itself ranked No. 22 on the country albums chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Eddie Rabbitt and Even Stevens except as indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Warning Sign"		2:51
2.	"Could've Been Somebody Else"		3:02
3.	"Dial That Telephone"		3:19
4.	"B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love"	Rabbitt, Stevens, Billy Joe Walker Jr.	2:30
5.	"Every Night I Fall in Love with You" (duet with Hillary Kanter)		3:35
6.	"The Best Year of My Life"		3:11
7.	"Big Brown Eyes"		3:38
8.	"She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye"		3:06
9.	"Over There"	Rabbitt	2:42
10.	"Go to Sleep Big Bertha"		3:40

Personnel

• Adapted from AllMusic:^[1]
• Eddie Rabbitt – vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
• Randy McCormick – keyboards, synth string arrangements
• Larry Byrom – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Reggie Young – electric guitar
• Spady Brannan – bass
• David Hungate – bass
• Tom Robb – bass
• Matt Betton – drums
• Paul Leim – percussion
• Even Stevens – percussion
• Paul Overstreet – additional harmony vocals
• Hillary Kanter – vocals (4)

Production

• Jimmy Bowen – producer (1, 2, 3, 5-10)
• Eddie Rabbitt – producer
• Even Stevens – producer
• David Hassinger – chief engineer
• Dave Adams – assistant engineer
• Mark Coddington – assistant engineer
• Ben Harris – assistant engineer
• Vicki Hicks – assistant engineer
• Tim Kish – assistant engineer
• Russ Martin – assistant engineer
• Ron Treat – assistant engineer
• Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Laura LiPuma – art direction, design
• Mark Tucker – photography
• Stan Moress – management

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1984) Peak position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[2] 22

Year-end charts Chart (1985) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 50

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US AC	CAN Country
1984	"B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love"	3	36	2
1985	"The Best Year of My Life"	1	—	1
	"Warning Sign"	4	—	3
	"She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye"	6	—	22

References

1. "The Best Year of My Life - Eddie Rabbitt - Credits". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
2. "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
3. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

• Best Year of My Life, yahoo.com.