"Treat Me Like a Stranger" is a song written by Michael Bonagura and
Peter McCann
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, and recorded by American
country music
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group
Baillie & the Boys
Baillie & the Boys were an American country music group. They were founded in 1987 by Kathie Baillie (lead vocals, guitar) and her husband, Michael Bonagura (background vocals, guitar), along with Alan LeBoeuf (bass guitar, background vocals). No ...
. It was released in January 1991 as the third single from the album ''
The Lights of Home
''The Lights of Home'' is the third studio album by American country music group Baillie & the Boys. It rose to the number 35 position in the Billboard (magazine), Billboard Country Albums chart in 1990. The singles hits were the number 23 "Perf ...
''. The song reached #18 on the ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data along with digital sales and streaming. ...
chart.
Chart performance
References
1990 songs
1991 singles
Baillie & the Boys songs
Songs written by Michael Bonagura
Songs written by Peter McCann
Song recordings produced by Kyle Lehning
RCA Records singles
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