Every Which Way But Loose ( song ) - wikipedia Every Which Way But Loose ( song ) `` Every Which Way but Loose '' Single by Eddie Rabbitt from the album Every Which Way But Loose Soundtrack B - side `` Under the Double Eagle '' Released December 1978 ( U.S. ) Format 7 '' Recorded 1978 Genre Country Length 2 : 51 Label Elektra Songwriter ( s ) Milton Brown Steve Dorff Snuff Garrett Producer ( s ) Snuff Garrett Eddie Rabbitt singles chronology `` I Just Want to Love You '' ( 1978 ) `` Every Which Way but Loose '' ( 1978 ) `` Suspicions '' ( 1979 ) `` I Just Want to Love You '' ( 1978 ) `` Every Which Way but Loose '' ( 1979 ) `` Suspicions '' ( 1979 ) `` Every Which Way but Loose '' is a song written by Steve Dorff, Snuff Garrett and Milton Brown, and recorded by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in November 1978 as the only single from the soundtrack to the 1978 film of the same name, it spent three weeks atop the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in February 1979. Contents 1 Highest debut 2 Chart performance 3 References 4 External links Highest debut Released just weeks before Every Which Way But Loose premiered nationwide, the title track immediately broke in popularity. In fact, the song debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, the highest debut since the inception of the 100 - position chart in July 1973. The record was later tied by Garth Brooks ' `` Good Ride Cowboy '' in 2005. Chart performance Chart ( 1978 -- 79 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 30 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) 26 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Top Singles 47 Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks New Zealand Singles Chart 28 U.K. Singles Chart 41 References Jump up ^ Morris, Edward, `` Alabama, '' Contemporary Books Inc., Chicago, 1985 ( ISBN 0809253062 ) Jump up ^ Roland, Tom, `` The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits '' ( Billboard Books, Watson - Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 ( ISBN 0 - 82 - 307553 - 2 ) Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel, `` Top Country Songs : 1944 - 2005, '' 2006 Jump up ^ `` Billboard - Google Books ''. Books.google.com. 2006 - 09 - 02. Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 18. Jump up ^ `` Eddie Rabbitt -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Eddie Rabbitt. Jump up ^ `` Eddie Rabbitt -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Eddie Rabbitt. Jump up ^ `` Eddie Rabbitt -- Chart history '' Billboard Adult Contemporary for Eddie Rabbitt. External links Allmusic -- Every Which Way But Loose by Eddie Rabbitt. Preceded by `` Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For '' by Crystal Gayle Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single February 10 -- February 24, 1979 Succeeded by `` Golden Tears '' by Dave & Sugar RPM Country Tracks number - one single February 24 -- March 10, 1979 Succeeded by `` Back on My Mind Again '' by Ronnie Milsap Eddie Rabbitt Studio albums Eddie Rabbitt Rocky Mountain Music Rabbitt Variations Loveline Horizon Step by Step Radio Romance The Best Year of My Life Rabbitt Trax I Wanna Dance with You Jersey Boy Ten Rounds Beatin ' the Odds Songs from Rabbittland Notable singles `` Drinkin ' My Baby ( Off My Mind ) '' `` Rocky Mountain Music '' `` Two Dollars in the Jukebox '' `` I Ca n't Help Myself '' `` We Ca n't Go On Living Like This '' `` Hearts on Fire '' `` You Do n't Love Me Anymore '' `` I Just Want to Love You '' `` Every Which Way But Loose '' `` Suspicions '' `` Pour Me Another Tequila '' `` Gone Too Far '' `` Drivin ' My Life Away '' `` I Love a Rainy Night '' `` Step by Step '' `` Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight '' `` I Do n't Know Where to Start '' `` You and I '' ( with Crystal Gayle ) `` You Ca n't Run from Love '' `` You Put the Beat in My Heart '' `` Nothing Like Falling in Love '' `` B-B-B - Burnin ' Up with Love '' `` The Best Year of My Life '' `` Warning Sign '' `` She 's Comin ' Back to Say Goodbye '' `` A World Without Love '' `` Repetitive Regret '' `` Both to Each Other ( Friends and Lovers ) '' ( with Juice Newton ) `` Gotta Have You '' `` I Wanna Dance with You '' `` The Wanderer '' `` We Must Be Doin ' Somethin ' Right '' `` That 's Why I Fell in Love with You '' `` On Second Thought '' `` Runnin ' with the Wind '' `` It 's Lonely Out Tonite '' `` American Boy '' Related articles Discography Elektra Records Warner Bros. Records RCA Records Capitol Records `` Kentucky Rain '' `` Pure Love '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Every_Which_Way_but_Loose_(song)&oldid=789873963 '' Categories : 1979 singles 1978 songs Eddie Rabbitt songs Songs written by Steve Dorff Songs written by Snuff Garrett Song recordings produced by Snuff Garrett Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles RPM Country Tracks number - one singles Elektra Records singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 10 July 2017, at 05 : 12. About Wikipedia

Question: who sings the song every which way but loose
Answer: Eddie Rabbitt