I'll Leave This World Loving You
"I'll Leave This World Loving You" | ||||
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Single by Ricky Van Shelton | ||||
from the album Loving Proof | ||||
B-side | "Sometimes I Cry Myself to Sleep" | |||
Released | August 14, 1988[1] | |||
Format | 7" single, CD Single | |||
Recorded | January 19, 1988[1] | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:06 | |||
Label | Columbia Nashville | |||
Writer(s) | Wayne Kemp and Mack Vickery | |||
Producer(s) | Steve Buckingham | |||
Ricky Van Shelton singles chronology | ||||
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"I'll Leave This World Loving You" is a country music song written by Wayne Kemp and Mack Vickery. Kemp released it in 1980 on the Mercury Records label. He had previously recorded the song in 1974 for MCA Records, and used this version as the B-side to his 1974 single "Harlan County".[2]
The song was later covered by Ricky Van Shelton in 1988. It was released in August 1988 as the lead-off single from his album Loving Proof. It was the fourth consecutive Number One single of Shelton's career, as well as his first multi-week Number One.
Chart positions
Wayne Kemp
Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 47 |
Ricky Van Shelton
Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 1 |
Preceded by "Runaway Train" by Rosanne Cash |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single November 19-November 26, 1988 |
Succeeded by "I Know How He Feels" by Reba McEntire |
References
- 1 2 Greatest Hits Plus (CD). Ricky Van Shelton. Columbia Records. 1992. 52753.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 221. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- ↑ "Wayne Kemp – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Wayne Kemp.
- ↑ "Ricky Van Shelton – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Ricky Van Shelton.
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