Once More with Feeling (song)

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"Once More with Feeling"
Single by Jerry Lee Lewis
from the album She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
A-side "Once More with Feeling"
"You Went Out of Your Way (to Walk on Me)"
ReleasedDecember 1969 or January 1970
Recorded1969
Genre Country
Label Smash
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jerry Kennedy
Jerry Lee Lewis singles chronology
"There Must Be More to Love Than This" / "Home Away from Home"
(1970)
"Let's Talk About Us" / "You Went Out of Your Way (to Walk on Me)"
(1970)
"I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye" / "Good Night Irene"
(1970)

"Once More with Feeling" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Shel Silverstein and originally recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis in 1969 [1] for Smash Records. The song was part of Lewis's studio album She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye and was also released as a single (with "You Went Out of Your Way (to Walk on Me)" on the flip side), reaching number 1 on the Cash Box Country Singles chart and number 2 on the Billboard country chart.

Contents

Track listing

7" single (Smash S-2257, December 1969 [2] or January 1970 [1] )
No.TitleLength
1."Once More with Feeling" 
2."You Went Out of Your Way (to Walk on Me)" 

Notes: "From Smash's album She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye SRS-67128" [2]

Charts

Chart (1970)Peak
position
US Country Singles ( Cash Box ) [3] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 2

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References

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  3. George Albert (1 January 1984). The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. Scarecrow Press. p. 203. ISBN   978-0-8108-1685-5.
  4. "Jerry Lee Lewis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.