I'll Be Leaving Alone

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"I'll Be Leaving Alone"
Single by Charley Pride
from the album She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory
B-side "We Need Lovin'"
ReleasedMay 1977
Genre Country
Length2:51
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Dickey Lee
Wayland Holyfield
Producer(s)
Charley Pride singles chronology
"She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory"
(1977)
"I'll Be Leaving Alone"
(1977)
"More to Me"
(1977)

"I'll Be Leaving Alone" is a song written by Dickey Lee and Wayland Holyfield, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in May 1977 as the third single from the album She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory . The song was Pride's eighteenth number one on the country chart. The single would stay at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart. [1]

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Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Top Singles93

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [3] 16

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References

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  2. "Charley Pride Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1977". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2021.