My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)

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"My Life (Throw it Away If I Want To)"
Single by Bill Anderson
from the album My Life/But You Know I Love You
B-side "To Be Alone"
ReleasedFebruary 1969 (U.S.)
Recorded1969
Genre Country
Length2:44
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Bill Anderson
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Bill Anderson singles chronology
"Happy State of Mind"
(1968)		"My Life (Throw it Away If I Want To)"
(1969)		"But You Know I Love You"
(1969)

"My Life (Throw it Away If I Want To)" is an American country music song written and recorded by Bill Anderson.

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Release and reception

Upon its release, Billboard noted that the song was a "compelling, original rhythm ballad" and a "strong entry." [1]

Chart performance

Originally released in February 1969, [2] "My Life" became Anderson's fourth solo No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart on May 17, 1969. [3] It spent two weeks atop that chart and charted for 19 weeks total, [4] and was ultimately named Billboard's No. 1 country song of 1969. [5]

Chart (1969)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles [4] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks2

Sources

  1. ↑ Proquest"Spotlight Singles: TOP 20." Billboard (Archive: 1963-2000) Feb 15 1969: 76. ProQuest. Web. 12 Apr. 2022 .
  2. ↑ Proquest"Radio-TV Programming: OTHER PICKS." Billboard (Archive: 1963-2000) Feb 22 1969: 34. ProQuest. Web. 12 Apr. 2022 .
  3. ↑ Proquest"Hot Country Singles." Billboard (Archive: 1963-2000) May 17 1969: 48. ProQuest. Web. 12 Apr. 2022 .
  4. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 23.
  5. ↑ “Top Country Singles — 1969.” Billboard , vol. 81, no. 52, Dec. 27, 1969, p. 16.



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