These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye

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"These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye"
Doug Stone - These Lips single.jpg
Single by Doug Stone
from the album Doug Stone
B-side "We Always Agree on Love" [1]
ReleasedOctober 31, 1990
Genre Country
Length3:31
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Harlan Howard
Producer(s) Doug Johnson
Doug Stone singles chronology
"Fourteen Minutes Old"
(1990)
"These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye"
(1990)
"In a Different Light"
(1991)

"These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye" is a song written by Harlan Howard and recorded by American country music group The Forester Sisters for their 1988 album Sincerely . It was later recorded by Doug Stone and released in October 1990 as the third single from the album Doug Stone . The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Contents

Music video

The music video was directed and produced by Deaton Flanigen and premiered in late 1990.

Chart performance

Chart (1990-1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 2
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 43
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 50

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References

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  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1459." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. March 9, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
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  5. "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.