Wine Me Up

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"Wine Me Up"
Single by Faron Young
from the album Wine Me Up
B-side "That's Where My Baby Feels at Home"
ReleasedMay 1969
Genre Country
Length2:28
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Faron Young
Billy Deaton
Producer(s) Jerry Kennedy
Faron Young singles chronology
"I've Got Precious Memories"
(1969)
"Wine Me Up"
(1969)
"Your Time's Coming"
(1969)

"Wine Me Up" is a song first recorded by American country music artist Faron Young. It was released in May 1969 as the first single from his album, Wine Me Up. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart [1] and reached number 3 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.

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The authorship of the song has been a source of confusion. Various combinations of Faron Young, Eddie Crandell and Billy Deaton have been credited on the many different artist releases of the song over the years. To paraphrase Faron Young and Frank Oakley, on P. 120-121 of his 2007 biography, "Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story" by Diane Diekman, Carl Belew and Van Givens wrote "Wine Me Up". They were working for 4 Star Records at the time and without permission, Belew and Givens sold the song rights to Faron Young and Frank Oakley under the premise that their wives had written the song. At the same time, Belew also sold the song rights to a man named Eddie Crandell. Faron's original single listed his name and Crandell's as the "songwriters". Once the song hit the charts 4 Star sued Faron and Oakley (and presumably Crandell). Faron and Oakley eventually ceded the publishing rights back to 4 Star, but retained ownership of the song (75% Faron/25% Oakley). At a later date Oakley sold his interest in the song to Faron's new manager, Billy Deaton. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1969)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks3

Larry Boone version

"Wine Me Up"
Single by Larry Boone
from the album Swingin' Doors, Sawdust Floors
B-side "Old Coyote Town"
ReleasedFebruary 1989
Genre Country
Length2:21
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Faron Young
Billy Deaton
Producer(s) Ray Baker
Larry Boone singles chronology
"I Just Called to Say Goodbye Again"
(1988)
"Wine Me Up"
(1989)
"Fool's Paradise"
(1989)

"Wine Me Up" was covered by American country music artist Larry Boone on his album Swingin' Doors, Sawdust Floors. It was released in February 1989 as the album's second single. Boone's version peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart [3] and reached number 36 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Chart performance

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 36
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 19

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