Whatever (The Statler Brothers song)

"Whatever" is a song recorded by American country music group The Statler Brothers. It was released in July 1982 as the first single from the album The Legend Goes On. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by Don Reid and Harold Reid. It is considered to be one of the rarest hits in the Statlers' catalog, as the Legend Goes On album has never been issued on CD as of 2017, and the song had never appeared on any of the group's compilation albums until 2010 when it was included on the 2-disc edition of their ICON Series release.

Music video

"Whatever" was the group's first music video. However, original tenor Lew DeWitt, who performed on the track, had fallen ill and could not appear in it. His eventual replacement, Jimmy Fortune, substituted for him in the video.

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	13

References

Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 320.
"The Statler Brothers Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

v t e The Statler Brothers
Phil Balsley Lew DeWitt Jimmy Fortune Don Reid Harold Reid
Studio albums	Flowers on the Wall Sing the Big Hits How Great Thou Art Bed of Rose's Pictures of Moments to Remember Short Stories Entertainers...On and Off the Record Christmas Card The Originals 10th Anniversary Years Ago The Legend Goes On Today Atlanta Blue Pardners in Rhyme Christmas Present Four for the Show Maple Street Memories
Notable singles	"I Still Miss Someone" "Flowers on the Wall" "Oh Happy Day" "Bed of Rose's" "Do You Remember These" "The Class of '57" "I'll Go to My Grave Loving You" "How Great Thou Art" "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine" "Who Am I to Say" "The Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell" "How to Be a Country Star" "Nothing as Original as You" "Charlotte's Web" "In the Garden" "Don't Wait on Me" "Years Ago" "You'll Be Back (Every Night in My Dreams)" "Whatever" "A Child of the Fifties" "Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)" "Guilty" "Elizabeth" "Atlanta Blue" "One Takes the Blame" "My Only Love" "Hello Mary Lou" "Too Much on My Heart" "Sweeter and Sweeter" "Count On Me" "Only You" "Forever" "I'll Be the One" "The Best I Know How" "Let's Get Started If We're Gonna Break My Heart" "More Than a Name on a Wall"
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