"Right on the Money" is a song written by

Phil Vassar Phillip George Vassar Jr. (born May 28, 1962) is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw (" For a Little While", ...

and

Charlie Black Charles Frank Black (November 23, 1949 – April 23, 2021) was an American country music songwriter and record producer. Biography Black graduated from University of Maryland in 1970 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee the same year. His first c ...

, and recorded by American

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singer

Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American country music singer-songwriter. He is known for performing a style widely regarded as "neotraditional country", as well as writing many of his own songs. Jackson has recorded 21 studi ...

. It was released in October 1998 as the second single from his CD ''

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''. The song became Jackson's sixteenth number-one single on the

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(now

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) chart.

Composition

The song is in the key of

E-flat major E-flat major is a major scale based on E, consisting of the pitches E, F, G, A, B, C, and D. Its key signature has three flats. Its relative minor is C minor, and its parallel minor is E minor, (or enharmonically D minor). The E-fla ...

. Jackson's vocals range from B♭3 to E♭5. The main chord progression in the verses is E♭-Edim-Fm7-B♭7 three times, followed by A♭ and B♭ for a measure each.

Chart positions

"Right on the Money" debuted at number 75 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 17, 1998.

Year-end charts

References

{{Alan Jackson singles 1998 singles 1998 songs Alan Jackson songs Songs written by Phil Vassar Song recordings produced by Keith Stegall Arista Nashville singles Songs written by Charlie Black