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It's Like We Never Said Goodbye

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"It's Like We Never Said Goodbye"
Single by Crystal Gayle
from the album Miss the Mississippi
B-side"Don't Go My Love"
ReleasedFebruary 1980
Recorded1979
GenreCountry
Length3:32
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Roger Greenaway and Geoff Stephens
Producer(s)Allen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle singles chronology
"Your Old Cold Shoulder"
(1979)
"It's Like We Never Said Goodbye"
(1980)
"The Blue Side"
(1980)

"It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" is a song written by Roger Greenaway and Geoff Stephens, and recorded by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. It was released in February 1980 as the second single from the album Miss the Mississippi. The song was number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the charts.

Historic week

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The song was part of a historic week on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the week it reached number one, April 19, 1980. That week, all of the top five positions were held by female singers.

The Top 5 from that week was:

  1. "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" by Crystal Gayle
  2. "A Lesson in Leavin'" by Dottie West
  3. "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again" by Debby Boone
  4. "Beneath Still Waters" by Emmylou Harris
  5. "Two Story House" by Tammy Wynette (duet with George Jones)[1]

Personnel

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Charts

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References

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  1. ^ Billboard magazine — April 19, 1980 issue.
  2. ^ "Crystal Gayle Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Crystal Gayle Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Crystal Gayle Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1980". Billboard. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

Bibliography

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  • Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006, Record Research, ISBN 978-0898201659