I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love

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"I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love"
Single by Larry Gatlin
from the album Love Is Just a Game
B-side "Kiss It All Goodbye"
ReleasedNovember 1977
Genre Country
Length3:10
Label Monument
Songwriter(s) Larry Gatlin
Producer(s) Larry Gatlin
Larry Gatlin singles chronology
"Love Is Just a Game"
(1977)
"I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love"
(1977)
"Night Time Magic"
(1978)

"I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Larry Gatlin. It was released in November 1977 as the fourth single from the album Love Is Just a Game . The song was Gatlin's sixth and most successful single on the country chart. The single went to number one on the country chart, where it stayed for a single week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart. [1]

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Chart performance

Chart (1977–1978)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks3

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 130.
  2. "Larry Gatlin Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.