You Won't Ever Be Lonely (song)

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"You Won't Ever Be Lonely"
Andy Griggs debut single.jpg
Single by Andy Griggs
from the album You Won't Ever Be Lonely
ReleasedNovember 1998
Genre Country
Length3:30
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Andy Griggs, Brett Jones
Producer(s) David Malloy, J. Gary Smith
Andy Griggs singles chronology
"You Won't Ever Be Lonely"
(1998)
"I'll Go Crazy"
(1999)

"You Won't Ever Be Lonely" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Andy Griggs. It was released in November 1998 as his debut single, and was served as the lead-off single and title track from his debut album You Won't Ever Be Lonely . It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Griggs wrote the song with Brett Jones.

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Chart performance

The song debuted at number 73 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated December 12, 1998. It charted for 36 weeks on that chart, making for the sixth-longest chart run by any country music single in the 1990s decade. [1] The song reached a peak of number 2 on the chart dated May 22, 1999. In addition, it reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 28 on that chart.

Chart (1998-1999)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 11
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 28
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 90
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 8

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