| "There Goes My Everything" | ||||
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| Single by Jack Greene | ||||
| from the album There Goes My Everything | ||||
| B-side | "Hardest Easy Thing" | |||
| Released | October 1966 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Writer(s) | Dallas Frazier | |||
| Producer | Owen Bradley | |||
| Jack Greene singles chronology | ||||
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"There Goes My Everything" is a popular song written by Dallas Frazier and published in 1965. The song is best known in a 1966 version by Jack Greene whose version spent seven weeks at the top of the US country music chart, with a total of twenty-one weeks on the chart.[1] It peaked at 65 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also won several awards, including "Single of the Year" and "Song of the Year" at the very first CMA Awards presentation. In addition, the accompanying album of the same title won "Album of the Year", and Greene won "Male Vocalist of the Year". "There Goes My Everything" is now considered a country music standard, covered by many artists.
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The song [edit]
The song is about a couple who are splitting up, but why is a mystery. The singer says that he can hear a voice refer to him as "darling", which seems an unlikely address when a couple are splitting acrimoniously. The song describes the narrator's feelings as his lover is leaving him. He comes to realize how much she meant to him now that he is losing her — "There goes my reason for living/There goes the one of my dreams/There goes my only possession/There goes my everything".
Chart performance [edit]
| Chart (1966) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 65 |
Cover versions [edit]
- In 1967, Engelbert Humperdinck hit #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 with his version of the song and #2 on the UK Singles Charts.[2]
- In 1968, Anne Murray recorded the song for her album What About Me?
- In 1971, Elvis Presley hit the top ten on the country charts with his version which is also featured on the album Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old).
- The tune is used for the Swedish hymn "Han är min sång och min glädje" ("He is my song and joy")[1], also known as "Han er min sang og min glede" in Norwegian [2] and "Han er min sang og min glæde"[3] in Danish.
- Episode 6 of the 2004 BBC miniseries Blackpool featured the Engelbert Humperdinck version, accompanied on screen by the singing and dancing of the characters, as part of the story.
Other versions [edit]
- Ferlin Husky
- Roger Whittaker
- Loretta Lynn
- Tammy Wynette
- Patty Loveless
- Slim Whitman
- Tennessee Ernie Ford and Glen Campbell
References [edit]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 143.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 296.
| Preceded by "Somebody Like Me" by Eddy Arnold |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single (Jack Greene version) December 24, 1966-February 4, 1967 |
Succeeded by "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" by Loretta Lynn |
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