Leave Me Lonely (Gary Morris song)

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"Leave Me Lonely"
Single by Gary Morris
from the album Plain Brown Wrapper
B-side "Eleventh Hour"
ReleasedOctober 1986
Genre Country
Length3:48
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Gary Morris
Producer(s) Gary Morris
Gary Morris singles chronology
"Honeycomb"
(1986)
"Leave Me Lonely"
(1986)
"Plain Brown Wrapper"
(1987)

"Leave Me Lonely" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Gary Morris. It was released in October 1986 as the second single from the album Plain Brown Wrapper . The song was Morris' fourth and final number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country chart. [1]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986–1987)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] 24

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 240.
  2. "Gary Morris Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Retrieved June 28, 2021.