Katie Wants a Fast One
Encyclopedia
"Katie Wants a Fast One" is the title of a song co-written by American country artist Steve Wariner
and recorded by Wariner and Garth Brooks
. It was released in July 2000 as the second single from the album Faith in You. The song reached number 21 on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
chart and peaked at number 10 on the Canadian RPM Counry Tracks chart.
' and a country mambo."
Steve Wariner
Steven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records...
and recorded by Wariner and Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...
. It was released in July 2000 as the second single from the album Faith in You. The song reached number 21 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
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 and peaked at number 10 on the Canadian RPM Counry Tracks chart.
Background
Wariner told Billboard magazine that the song was "kind of a cross between Hank Williams' 'Honky Tonkin'Honky Tonkin'
"Honky Tonkin" is a 1982 single by Hank Williams Jr. "Honky Tonkin'" would be the sixth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart. "Honky Tonkin'" was written and originally recorded by his father Hank...
' and a country mambo."
Chart performance
"Katie Wants a Fast One" debuted at number 75 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks as an album cut for the week of June 17, 2000.Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 21 |
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 | 9 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 10 |