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{{Infobox song
| name       = Right On The Money
| cover      = Alanjackson Right on the Money.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Alan Jackson]]
| album      = [[High Mileage]]
| B-side     = [[A Woman's Love]]
| released   = October 19, 1998
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]
| length     = 3:49
| label      = [[Arista Nashville]] 13136
| writer     = [[Charlie Black]]<br />[[Phil Vassar]]
| producer   = [[Keith Stegall]]
| prev_title = [[I'll Go On Loving You]]
| prev_year  = 1998
| next_title = [[Gone Crazy]]
| next_year  = 1999
}}
'''"Right on the Money"''' is a song written by [[Phil Vassar]] and [[Charlie Black]], and recorded by American [[country music]] singer [[Alan Jackson]].  It was  released in October 1998 as the second single from his CD ''[[High Mileage]]''.  The song became Jackson's sixteenth number-one single on the [[Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] (now [[Hot Country Songs]]) chart.
==Composition==
The song is in the key of [[E-flat major]]. Jackson's vocals range from B♭3 to E♭5.<ref name="sheet">{{cite book|title=Contemporary Country|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|year=1999|edition=1|pages=330–335}}</ref> The main chord progression in the verses is E♭-Edim-Fm7-B♭7 three times, followed by A♭ and B♭ for a measure each.<ref name="sheet"/>
==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.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1998–1999)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=7471|publishdate=February 1, 1999|accessdate=July 7, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|43|artist=Alan Jackson}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Alan Jackson}}
|}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1999)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
| Canada Country Tracks (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9956&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1999|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=December 13, 1999|access-date=July 7, 2013|archive-date=October 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015102350/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9956&type=1&interval=24|url-status=live}}</ref>
| align="center" | 49
|-
| US [[Hot Country Songs|Country Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1999: Country Songs| work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]| date=1999| access-date=July 7, 2013| archive-date=December 11, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211040725/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=Hot+Country+Songs&g=Year-end+Singles&year=1999| url-status=live}}</ref>
| align="center" | 47
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Alan Jackson singles}}
[[Category:1998 singles]]
[[Category:1998 songs]]
[[Category:Alan Jackson songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Phil Vassar]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Keith Stegall]]
[[Category:Arista Nashville singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Charlie Black]]