A Better Love Next Time Explained

A Better Love Next Time
Type:	single
Artist:	Merle Haggard
Album:	5:01 Blues
B-Side:	Losin' in Las Vegas
Released:	July 22, 1989
Genre:	Country
Length:	2:42
Label:	Epic
Producer:	Merle Haggard, Mark Yeary
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	If You Want to Be My Woman
Next Year:	1989

"A Better Love Next Time" is a song written by Johnny Christopher and Bobby Wood, and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers. It was released in July 1989 as the second single from the album 5:01 Blues. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1] It was Haggard's last Top Ten hit. It was co-produced by Mark Yeary, keyboardist of The Strangers.

Personnel

• Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar

The Strangers

• Norm Hamlet – pedal steel guitar
• Clint Strong – guitar
• Bobby Wayne – guitar
• Mark Yeary – hammond organ, piano, electric piano
• Jimmy Belkin – fiddle, strings
• Biff Adams – drums
• Don Markham – saxophone, trumpet
• Gary Church – cornet, trombone

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[2]	100
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	47

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 148.
2. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989. RPM. December 23, 1989. August 28, 2013.
3. Web site: Best of 1989: Country Songs . . . 1989. August 28, 2013.