Easy Come, Easy Go (George Strait song) explained

Easy Come, Easy Go
Cover:Strait Easy Come single.png
Type:single
Artist:George Strait
Album:Easy Come Easy Go
B-Side:She Lays It All on the Line
Released:August 9, 1993
Recorded:April 22, 1993
Genre:Country
Label:MCA54717
Producer:Tony Brown
George Strait
Prev Title:When Did You Stop Loving Me
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:I'd Like to Have That One Back
Next Year:1993

"Easy Come, Easy Go" is a song written by Aaron Barker and Dean Dillon, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in August 1993 as the lead single from his album of the same title. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It peaked at number 71 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, making it a minor crossover hit.

Content

A breakup song, the narrator discusses how he and his lover have agreed to mutually end their relationship because they weren't meant to be with each other.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 57 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated August 21, 1993. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, and spent two weeks at Number One on the chart dated October 23, 1993. It also peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Strait's first entry on that chart.[1]

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 41
US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 6

Notes and References

  1. Billboard, October 23, 1993
  2. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993. RPM. December 18, 1993. August 5, 2013.
  3. Web site: Best of 1993: Country Songs . . . 1993. August 5, 2013.