Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)

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"Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)"
Single by Loretta Lynn
from the album Woman of the World / To Make a Man
B-side "Sneakin' In"
Released January 27, 1969
Recorded 18 November 1968
Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, U.S.
Genre Country
Length2:54
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Sharon Higgins
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn singles chronology
"Your Squaw Is on the Warpath"
(1968)
"Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)"
(1969)
"To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)"
(1969)

"Your Squaw Is on the Warpath"
(1968)
"Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)"
(1969)
"To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)"
(1969)

"Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)' is a 1969 single written by Sharon Higgins and recorded by Loretta Lynn. The single was from the LP Woman of the World / To Make a Man and was Loretta Lynn's third number one on the country charts. The single spent one week at the top and a total of 15 weeks on the chart. [1]

Loretta Lynn American country-music singer-songwriter

Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter with multiple gold albums in a career spanning almost 60 years. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough ", "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' ", "One's on the Way", "Fist City", and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name.

Chart performance

Chart (1969)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles1

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 209.
Preceded by
"Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass"
by Buck Owens
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

April 12, 1969
Succeeded by
"Galveston"
by Glen Campbell