I'll Go to My Grave Loving You

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"I'll Go to My Grave Loving You"
Single by The Statler Brothers
from the album The Best of the Statler Brothers
B-side "You've Been Like a Mother to Me"
ReleasedMay 1975
Genre Country
Length2:30
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Don Reid
Producer(s) Jerry Kennedy
The Statler Brothers singles chronology
"All American Girl"
(1975)
"I'll Go to My Grave Loving You"
(1975)
"How Great Thou Art"
(1976)

"I'll Go to My Grave Loving You" is a song written by Don Reid, and recorded by American country music group The Statler Brothers. It was released in May 1975 as the first single from their compilation album The Best of the Statler Brothers. The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2] It is based upon a song by Harold Reid, another member of the group, called "He Went to the Cross Loving You".

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Chart performance

Chart (1975)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 3
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 93
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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