"Overnight Success" peaked at number 8 on the BillboardHot Country Singles[1] and number 7 on
RPM Country Tracks. This was the first single of Strait's to miss number one since "
You're Something Special to Me" in 1986, and broke Strait's string of 11 consecutive number one country hits. The song's
B-side, "Hollywood Squares", spent five weeks on the Hot Country Singles charts and peaked at number 67 based on unsolicited airplay[2]