Never Be Anyone Else But You

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"Never Be Anyone Else But You"
Single by Ricky Nelson
from the album Ricky Sings Again
A-side "It's Late"
ReleasedFebruary 9, 1959
Genre Rock and roll
Length2:15
Label Imperial
Songwriter(s) Baker Knight
Ricky Nelson singles chronology
"Lonesome Town" / "I Got a Feeling"
(1958)
"Never Be Anyone Else But You"
(1959)
"Just a Little Too Much" / "Sweeter Than You"
(1959)

"Never Be Anyone Else But You" is a song written by Baker Knight and recorded by Ricky Nelson with the vocal backing of the Jordanaires. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #14 in the UK in 1959. [1] It reached #3 in Norway. [2] The song was featured on his 1959 album, Ricky Sings Again . [3]

The song is ranked #42 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 songs of 1959. [4]

In 2020, the song was featured in a commercial for Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup.[ citation needed ]

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