I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)

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"I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)"
Single by Randy Travis
from the album Always & Forever
B-side "Tonight I'm Walkin' Out on the Blues"
ReleasedAugust 1987
Genre Country
Length3:08
Label Warner Bros. Nashville 28246
Songwriter(s) Max D. Barnes & Troy Seals
Producer(s) Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis singles chronology
"Forever and Ever, Amen"
(1987)
"I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)"
(1987)
"Too Gone Too Long"
(1987)

"I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)" is a song written by Max D. Barnes and Troy Seals, and first recorded by American country music artist George Jones on his 1981 album Still the Same Ole Me , and later recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in August 1987 as the second single from his album Always & Forever . It became his fourth number-one hit. It peaked at number one on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. [1]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [3] 43

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