I'll Get Over You Explained

I'll Get Over You
Cover:I'll_Get_Over_You_-_Crystal_Gayle.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Crystal Gayle
Album:Somebody Loves You
B-Side:High Time
Released:March 1976 (U.S.)
Recorded:1975
Genre:Country
Length:3:33
Label:United Artists 781
Producer:Allen Reynolds
Prev Title:Somebody Loves You
Prev Year:1975
Next Title:One More Time (Karneval)
Next Year:1976

"I'll Get Over You" is a song written by Richard Leigh, and recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in March 1976 as the second single from the album Somebody Loves You. The song was Gayle's seventh chart hit and her first number-one country hit in 1976.[1]

Background

In the mid-1970s, Gayle was trying to establish a recording career in country music. Gayle wanted to be on the level of her older sister Loretta Lynn. It was the help of her sister that helped produce Gayle's first single called "I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes."

However, it was the help of songwriter Richard Leigh who helped her gain control of her career. He wrote her first two big hits "Wrong Road Again" and "Somebody Loves You". In 1976, Gayle finally released "I'll Get Over You". The song became Gayle's first number-one hit, and the song made Gayle a household name.

That same year, "I'll Get Over You" was released on her 1976 album Somebody Loves You. "I'll Get Over You" remains as one of her best-known songs.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening40
Canadian RPM Country Tracks2

Year-end charts

Other versions

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 131.
  2. Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1976. Billboard. August 5, 2021.
  3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary 1961-1993. Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Record Research . 94.
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary 1961-1993. Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Record Research . 96.