(There's) No Gettin' Over Me Explained

(There's) No Gettin' Over Me
Cover:(There's)_No_Gettin'_Over_Me_-_Ronnie_Milsap.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Ronnie Milsap
Album:There's No Gettin' Over Me
B-Side:I Live My Whole Life at Night
Released:June 1981 (U.S.)
Recorded:1981
Genre:
Length:3:15
Label:RCA Nashville
Prev Title:Am I Losing You
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World
Next Year:1981

"(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" is a song written by Walt Aldridge and Tom Brasfield, and recorded by American country music singer Ronnie Milsap. It was released in June 1981 as the first single from the album There's No Gettin' Over Me. Known by many fans by its less grammatically correct title "There Ain't No Gettin' Over Me" — the song's official title appears nowhere in the lyrics — the song became one of Milsap's biggest country hits and his only top 10 pop hit during his recording career.

Critical reception

Thom Jurek of Allmusic wrote that "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" — and the album from which it came — was "indicative of the times and the artists making hit records at the same time." Milsap's "urban country" style, as Jurek put it, was evident in the song, given its "sweet alto saxophone solo" and "chorus that reflects James Taylor's late-'70s attempts at crooning early rock."[2]

Cover versions

A cover version was recorded by Heartland on their 2006 album I Loved Her First.[3]

In 2018, Milsap rerecorded the song with Kacey Musgraves, which appeared on his 2019 album Ronnie Milsap: The Duets.[4]

Commercial performance

His 18th No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in August 1981, "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" marked the apex of Milsap's popularity as a crossover artist, reaching No. 5 for 5 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number two Hot Adult Contemporary Singles.[5]

A video was also produced of the song, and it has aired on The Nashville Network, CMT and GAC.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 98
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Top 100[7] 21
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks[8] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1981) Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles2
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[9] 14
U.S. Billboard Hot 10033
U.S. Cashbox Top 100[10] 57

References

Works cited

Notes and References

  1. Friends in Low Places Edition. Hit Parade Music History and Music Trivia. Slate. Molanphy. Chris. November 5, 2020. January 18, 2024.
  2. Jurek, Thom, [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r93224|pure_url=yes}} ''There's No Gettin' Over Me''] by Ronnie Milsap, Allmusic.
  3. Web site: Ronnie Milsap Delivers Unforgettable 'There's No Gettin' Over Me' Performance . Country Rebel . 3 October 2018.
  4. Web site: Thanki . Julie . Ronnie Milsap taps Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves for duets album . The Tennessean . 3 October 2018 . en.
  5. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 171.
  6. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W. . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6 . 202.
  7. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2016-10-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161025181342/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0400&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=vahg8ffhvmmqrdomkeh9a8u520 . 2016-10-25 . dead .
  8. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2016-10-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161025173126/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0402&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=1bf51126klkcigera13jc5g6r7 . 2016-10-25 . dead .
  9. Book: Billboard. 1981-12-26. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. en.
  10. Web site: Cash Box Top Singles – 1981 . March 7, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160328105712/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1981.html . March 28, 2016 . dead .