"Perfect Stranger" is a song written by

Tim Goodman Timothy Goodman (born September 10, 1950) is an American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, vocalist and producer who has recorded for RCA, Columbia Records and Warner Brothers and performed on numerous sessions for other recording ar ...

and

John McFee John McFee (born September 9, 1950, Santa Cruz, California) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist, and long-time member of The Doobie Brothers. Biography Some of McFee's early and non-Doobie ...

, and recorded by American

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group

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. It was released in November 1985 as the second single from the album ''

''. The song reached number 18 on the ''

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chart.

Chart performance

References

1986 singles 1985 songs Southern Pacific (band) songs Song recordings produced by Jim Ed Norman Songs written by John McFee Songs written by Tim Goodman Warner Records singles {{1985-country-song-stub