Till You Were Gone

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"Till You Were Gone"
Single by Mike Reid
from the album Turning for Home
B-side "Everything to Me"
ReleasedMarch 25, 1991
Genre Country
Length3:01
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Mike Reid
Rory Bourke
Producer(s) Steve Buckingham
Mike Reid singles chronology
"Walk on Faith"
(1990)
"Till You Were Gone"
(1991)
"As Simple as That"
(1991)

"Till You Were Gone" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Mike Reid. It was released in March 1991 as the second single from his album Turning for Home . It peaked at #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at #8 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. This song followed Reid's number-one debut single, "Walk on Faith." [1] Reid wrote the song with Rory Bourke.

Contents

The song was originally recorded by Shelby Lynne on her 1989 album Sunrise .

Chart performance

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 8
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 17

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 94

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References

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  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1562." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. July 6, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  3. "Mike Reid Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM . December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.