The Last Thing on My Mind (Patty Loveless song)

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"The Last Thing on My Mind"
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Single by Patty Loveless
from the album Strong Heart
ReleasedDecember 26, 2000 (2000-12-26)
Genre Country
Length3:22
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Craig Wiseman
Al Anderson
Producer(s) Emory Gordy Jr.
Patty Loveless singles chronology
"That's the Kind of Mood I'm In"
(2000)
"The Last Thing on My Mind"
(2000)
"Strong Heart"
(2001)

"The Last Thing on My Mind" is a song written by Al Anderson and Craig Wiseman, and recorded by American country music artist Patty Loveless. The song was released in December 2000 as the second single from her album Strong Heart . Rebecca Lynn Howard and Ricky Skaggs join her in background harmony on the song.

Chart positions

The song charted for 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart, reaching number twenty during the week of April 14, 2001. [1]

Chart (2000-2001)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 20
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [3] 14

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 207.
  2. "Patty Loveless Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Patty Loveless Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.