You've Got a Lover

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"You've Got a Lover"
Single by Ricky Skaggs
from the album Highways & Heartaches
B-side "Let's Love the Bad Times Over"
ReleasedJuly 1983
Genre Country
Length3:58
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Shake Russell
Producer(s) Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs singles chronology
"Highway 40 Blues"
(1983)
"You've Got a Lover"
(1983)
"Don't Cheat in Our Hometown"
(1983)

"You've Got a Lover" is a song written by Shake Russell and released on his first album (with Dana Cooper) in 1978, Songs On The Radio. It was later covered by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs on his album Highways & Heartaches , released in July 1982. It was the fourth single, released in July 1983, from this album and the song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart [1] and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1983)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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