You Can't Fall in Love When You're Cryin'

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"You Can't Fall in Love When You're Cryin'"
Single by Lee Greenwood
from the album This Is My Country
B-side "I'll Still Be Lovin' You"
ReleasedAugust 20, 1988
Genre Country
Length3:53
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Lee Greenwood
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen, Lee Greenwood
Lee Greenwood singles chronology
"I Still Believe"
(1988)
"You Can't Fall in Love When You're Cryin'"
(1988)
"I'll Be Lovin' You"
(1989)

"You Can't Fall in Love When You're Cryin'" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Lee Greenwood. It was released in August 1988 as the second single from the album This Is My Country . The song reached #20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Lee Greenwood American musician

Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since 1962, he has released more than 20 major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts.

<i>This Is My Country</i> (Lee Greenwood album) 1988 album by Lee Greenwood

This Is My Country is the seventh studio album by American country music singer Lee Greenwood. The album was released on May 16, 1988, by MCA Records.

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Chart performance

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 20
Canadian RPM Country Tracks [3] 21

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 144.
  2. "Lee Greenwood Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "RPM 100 Country Singles" (PDF). RPM. November 5, 1988.