Like Strangers

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"Like Strangers"
Single by The Everly Brothers
from the album The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers
B-side "Brand New Heartache"
Released 1960
Recorded1960
Genre Pop
Length1:59
Label Cadence
Songwriter(s) Boudleaux Bryant [1]
The Everly Brothers singles chronology
"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
(1960)
"Like Strangers"
(1960)
"Walk Right Back"
(1961)

"Like Strangers" is a song written by Boudleaux Bryant, [2] which was a hit single for The Everly Brothers in 1960. The song was later a country hit for Gail Davies in 1980.

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The Everly Brothers version

The Everly Brothers released the song on their album The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers in spring of 1960, [3] [4] and as a single in autumn of that year. [5] It spent 10 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 22, [6] while reaching No. 11 on the United Kingdom's Record Retailer chart, [7] and No. 32 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade. [8]

Chart performance

Chart (1960–1961)Peak
position
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade) [8] 32
UK Record Retailer [7] 11
UK New Musical Express [9] 16
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 22
US Cash Box Top 100 [10] 25

Gail Davies version

"Like Strangers"
Single by Gail Davies
from the album The Game
B-side "Love Is Living Around Us"
ReleasedFebruary 1980
Recorded1979
Genre Country
Length3:44
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Boudleaux Bryant
Gail Davies singles chronology
"Blue Heartache"
(1979)
"Like Strangers"
(1980)
"Good Lovin' Man"
(1980)

Gail Davies released a cover of the song in 1980 as a single and on the album The Game. [11] Davies' version reached No. 21 on the Billboard "Hot Country Singles" chart, [12] [13] No. 17 on the Record World Country Singles chart, [14] No. 20 on the Cash Box Top 100 Country chart, [15] and No. 52 on Canada's RPM Country 75 Singles chart. [16]

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