I Just Came Home to Count the Memories (song)

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"I Just Came Home to Count the Memories"
Single by John Anderson
from the album I Just Came Home to Count the Memories
B-side "Girl, for You"
ReleasedNovember 21, 1981
Genre Country
Length3:29
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s) Glenn Ray
Producer(s)
  • Frank Jones
  • John Anderson
John Anderson singles chronology
"Chicken Truck"
(1981)
"I Just Came Home to Count the Memories"
(1981)
"Would You Catch a Falling Star"
(1982)

"I Just Came Home to Count the Memories" is a country music song written by Glenn Ray.

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Three versions of the song have charted. The first, released in 1975 by Bobby Wright on ABC Records. [1] Cal Smith's version from 1977, reached number 15 on the same chart. [2] John Anderson had the highest-charting rendition, releasing his version in late 1981 and taking it to number 7 on the country charts in early 1982. [3] The song was covered by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings on the 2022 John Anderson tribute album Something Borrowed, Something New.

Chart performance

Bobby Wright

Chart (1975)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 75

Cal Smith

Chart (1977)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 15
Canadian RPM Country Tracks10

John Anderson

Chart (1981–1982)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks5

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 476. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Whitburn, p. 385
  3. Whitburn, p. 26
  4. "Bobby Wright Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. "Cal Smith Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. "John Anderson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.