"In a Big Country" is a song by rock band Big Country from their 1983 debut studio album The Crossing released in early summer 1983. The single reached its highest overall national position in Canada, hitting #3 on the RPM Top Singles Chart on November 26, 1983. The song originally reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart in June 1983. The song was released in the US in the fall of 1983 and peaked at #3 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December of that year.
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