Crying My Heart Out Over You

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"Crying My Heart Out Over You"
Single by Ricky Skaggs
from the album Waitin' for the Sun to Shine
B-side "Lost to a Stranger"
Released December 1981
Genre Country
Length 2:58
Label Epic
Writer(s) Lester Flatt
Earl Scruggs
Carl Butler
Earl Sherry
Producer(s) Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs singles chronology
"You May See Me Walkin'"
(1981)
"Crying My Heart Out Over You"
(1981)
"I Don't Care"
(1982)

"Crying My Heart Out Over You" is a song written by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Carl Butler, and Earl Sherry and was originally recorded by Flatt & Scruggs, which peaked at #21 on the country chart,in 1960.

In 1982, the song was recorded by Ricky Skaggs. "Crying My Heart Out Over You" was Ricky Skaggs third country hit and the first of eleven number one hits on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1981–1982) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 3

References

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Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

April 24, 1982
Succeeded by
"Mountain Music"
by Alabama

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