I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone)
"I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone)" is a song written by Sonny Throckmorton. He was also the first artist to release it, doing so on Last Cheater's Waltz in 1978. His version went to number 54 on the country music charts that year.
| "I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone)" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Oak Ridge Boys | ||||
| from the album Bobbie Sue | ||||
| B-side | "Back in Your Arms Again" | |||
| Released | July 31, 1982 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:24 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sonny Throckmorton | |||
| Producer(s) | Ron Chancey | |||
| The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology | ||||
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Conway Twitty recorded the song on his 1979 album Cross Winds, although it was not released as a single.
The Oak Ridge Boys released the song in July 1982 as the second single from their album Bobbie Sue. This version went to number two on the same chart.[1]
The posthumous 2013 B.W. Stevenson 2013 album Southern Nights includes a cover of this song.[2]
Chart performance
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 2 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 4 |
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References
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 251.
- https://play.google.com/store/music/album/B_W_Stevenson_Southern_Nights?id=Bzm7iyqdqf26e6sn7lhfzg3ecku&tid=song-Tnijbr73ljpi2kk3k5ba5knef5y
- "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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