I Can't Win for Losin' You
"I Can't Win for Losin' You" | ||||
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Single by Earl Thomas Conley | ||||
from the album Too Many Times | ||||
B-side | "Love's on the Move" | |||
Released | November 24, 1986 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 4:06 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Robert Byrne Rick Bowles | |||
Producer(s) | Earl Thomas Conley Nelson Larkin Mark Wright | |||
Earl Thomas Conley singles chronology | ||||
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"I Can't Win for Losin' You' is a song written by Robert Byrne and Rick Bowles and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in November 1986 as the second single from the album Too Many Times. The song was Conley's twelfth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.[1]
Critical reception
Kip Kirby of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Conley "slips into a breathy, soulful voice in this R&B-flavored lament; underneath a devil-may-care exterior, he's paying dues for a love that got away."[2]
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1986–1987) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 1 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 3 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1987) | Position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 38 |
References
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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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