Carry Me Carrie

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"Carry Me Carrie"
Carry Me, Carrie - Dr. Hook.jpg
Single by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
from the album Sloppy Seconds
B-side "I Call That True Love"
Released22 September 1972
Genre Country rock
Length4:18
Label Columbia Records, CBS Records
Songwriter(s) Shel Silverstein
Producer(s) Ron Haffkine
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show singles chronology
"Sylvia's Mother"
(1972)
"Carry Me Carrie"
(1972)
"The Cover of Rolling Stone"
(1972)

"Carry Me, Carrie" is the third single by American country rock band Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, released in 1972. [1] It appeared on the group's second album, Sloppy Seconds . [2]

Contents

Record World said that "Shel Silverstein provides the material, a driving rhythm item that presents the other side of the 'Lean On Me' idea." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Carry Me Carrie" Shel Silverstein 4:18
2."I Call That True Love"Shel Silverstein2:59

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1972)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 71
US Cash Box Top 10074
Canada RPM Top Singles82
Netherlands21
Germany29

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References

  1. Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Carry Me Carrie at 45 Cat
  2. Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Carry Me Carrie at Paste Magazine
  3. "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. September 2, 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-29.