"If the Devil Danced" is the title of a song written by Ken Spooner and Kim Williams and recorded by American

United States

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 country music singer Joe Diffie

Joe Diffie

Joe Logan Diffie is an American country music singer known for his ballads and novelty songs. Between 1990 and 2004, Diffie charted 35 cuts on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including five number one singles: his debut release "Home", "If the Devil Danced ", "Third Rock from the Sun",...

. The song reached the top of the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

) chart. It was released in April 1991 as the third single released from his debut album, A Thousand Winding Roads

A Thousand Winding Roads

A Thousand Winding Roads is the debut album of American country music artist Joe Diffie. The album's title is derived from a line in its lead-off single "Home", which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks #now Hot Country Songs# charts in late 1990...

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Chart performance

The song debutedat #47 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated April 6, 1991. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, and peaked at #1 on the country chart dated June 15, 1991, giving Diffie his second Number One single.

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	4