I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried

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"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried"
Single by Rodney Crowell
from the album Diamonds & Dirt
B-side "When the Blue Hour Comes"
ReleasedMay 1988
RecordedOctober 26, 1987
Genre Country
Length3:17
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Rodney Crowell
Producer(s) Tony Brown and Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell singles chronology
""It's Such a Small World" (with Rosanne Cash)
"
(1988)
"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried"
(1988)
""She's Crazy for Leavin'"
"
(1988)

"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" is a song written and performed by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in May 1988 as the second single from Crowell's album Diamonds & Dirt . the song was the second of Crowell's five number one country singles. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 13 weeks on the country chart. [1]

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Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [3] 7

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 93.
  2. "Rodney Crowell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2021.