You 're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation - Wikipedia You 're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation `` You 're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation '' Single by Ronnie McDowell from the album Personally B - side `` I Should 've Lied '' Released May 1983 Genre Country Length 3 : 07 Label Epic Songwriter ( s ) Jeff Crossan Producer ( s ) Buddy Killen Ronnie McDowell singles chronology `` Personally '' ( 1983 ) `` You 're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation '' ( 1983 ) `` You Made a Wanted Man of Me '' ( 1983 ) `` Personally '' ( 1983 ) `` You 're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation '' ( 1983 ) `` You Made a Wanted Man of Me '' ( 1983 ) `` You 're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation '' is a song written by Jeff Crossan, and recorded by American country music artist Ronnie McDowell. It was released in May 1983 as the second single from the album Personally. `` You 're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation '' was Ronnie McDowell 's second and final number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for a single week and spent twelve weeks on the country chart. Chart performance Chart ( 1983 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Canadian RPM Country Tracks References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 224. Jump up ^ `` Ronnie McDowell Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Ronnie McDowell Notable singles `` Wandering Eyes '' `` Older Women '' `` Watchin ' Girls Go By '' `` I Just Cut Myself '' `` Step Back '' `` Personally '' `` You 're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation '' `` You Made a Wanted Man of Me '' `` I Dream of Women Like You '' `` I Got a Million of ' Em '' `` In a New York Minute '' `` Love Talks '' `` All Tied Up '' `` It 's Only Make Believe '' `` Suspicion '' `` Sea of Heartbreak '' `` Unchained Melody '' `` Love Me Tender '' Related articles Discography This 1983 country song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You%27re_Gonna_Ruin_My_Bad_Reputation&oldid=847198106 '' Categories : 1983 singles 1983 songs Ronnie McDowell songs Song recordings produced by Buddy Killen Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles RPM Country Tracks number - one singles Epic Records singles 1983 country song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart called without song All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 23 June 2018, at 16 : 15 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sings you're gonna ruin my bad reputation
Answer: Ronnie McDowell