I'm Living in Two Worlds

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"I'm Living in Two Worlds"
Single by Bonnie Guitar
from the album Two Worlds
B-side "Good Time Charlie" [1]
ReleasedDecember 1965
RecordedNovember 1965
Hollywood, California, United States [1]
Genre Country, Nashville Sound
Label Dot Records
Songwriter(s) Jan Crutchfield
Producer(s) Bonnie Guitar, George Richey
Bonnie Guitar singles chronology
"The Outside Looking In"
(1964)
"I'm Living in Two Worlds"
(1965)
"Get Your Lie the Way You Want It"
(1966)

"I'm Living in Two Worlds" is a song written by Jan Crutchfield, which was recorded and released by American country artist Bonnie Guitar. The song reached number nine on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and number ninety-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1966. "I'm Living in Two Worlds" became Guitar's first Country top-ten single and her first charting single since 1959. [2] The song was popular among other female country vocalists and covered on albums by Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn, Wilma Burgess, Skeeter Davis, and Jan Howard.

The single helped officially introduce Guitar to the country music market, setting the trend for a series of country music singles. [3]

Chart performance

Chart (1965–66)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles9
U.S. Billboard Hot 10099

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