Holding Her and Loving You
"Holding Her and Loving You" | ||||
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Single by Earl Thomas Conley | ||||
from the album Don't Make It Easy for Me | ||||
B-side | "Home So Fine" | |||
Released | August 1983 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:09 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Walt Aldridge Tom Brasfield | |||
Producer(s) | Nelson Larkin, Earl Thomas Conley | |||
Earl Thomas Conley singles chronology | ||||
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"Holding Her and Loving You" is a song written by Walt Aldridge and Tom Brasfield and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in August 1983 as the second single from the album Don't Make It Easy for Me. The song was Conley's fourth number one country single.
Commercial performance
The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.[1] Since it became available for download, the song has sold 156,000 copies as of April 2019.[2]
Music video
A music video for the song was released and has been seen on GAC.
Covers
In 1998, Clay Walker charted a live recording of this song, reaching number 68 on the same chart.
Chart performance
Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 1 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 2 |
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 88.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (April 15, 2019). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles Chart: April 15, 2019". RoughStock. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ^ "Earl Thomas Conley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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- Fire & Smoke
- Somewhere Between Right and Wrong
- Don't Make It Easy for Me
- Treadin' Water
- Too Many Times
- The Heart of It All
- Yours Truly
- Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits, Volume II
- "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
- "Silent Treatment"
- "Fire and Smoke"
- "Tell Me Why"
- "After the Love Slips Away"
- "Heavenly Bodies"
- "Somewhere Between Right and Wrong"
- "I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)"
- "Your Love's on the Line"
- "Holding Her and Loving You"
- "Don't Make It Easy for Me"
- "Angel in Disguise"
- "Chance of Lovin' You"
- "Honor Bound"
- "Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks)"
- "Nobody Falls Like a Fool"
- "Once in a Blue Moon"
- "Too Many Times" (with Anita Pointer)
- "I Can't Win for Losin' You"
- "That Was a Close One"
- "Right from the Start"
- "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)"
- "We Believe in Happy Endings" (with Emmylou Harris)
- "What I'd Say"
- "Love Out Loud"
- "You Must Not Be Drinking Enough"
- "Bring Back Your Love to Me
- "Shadow of a Doubt"
- "Hard Days and Honky Tonk Nights"
- "All Tangled Up in Love" (with Gus Hardin)
- "Brotherly Love" (with Keith Whitley)
- Discography
- "This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me"
- "All Over Me"
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