You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving

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"You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving"
Single by Reba McEntire
from the album Unlimited
B-side "Up to Heaven"
ReleasedJanuary 1983
Genre Country
Length2:52
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Kerry Chater, Dickey Lee
Producer(s) Jerry Kennedy
Reba McEntire singles chronology
"Can't Even Get the Blues"
(1982)
"You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving"
(1983)
"Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)"
(1983)

"You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving" is a song written by Dickey Lee and Kerry Chater, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in January 1983 as the third single from the album Unlimited . The song was McEntire's second number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart. [1]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks5

Year-end charts

Chart (1983)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [3] 7

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