I'm Saving My Love Explained

I'm Saving My Love
Type:single
Artist:Skeeter Davis
Album:Cloudy, with Occasional Tears
B-Side:Somebody Else on Your Mind
Released:April 1963
Recorded:January 9, 1963
Studio:RCA Victor Studio B
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
Genre:Country, Nashville Sound
Label:RCA Victor
Producer:Anita Kerr
Prev Title:The End of the World
Prev Year:1962
Next Title:I Can't Stay Mad at You
Next Year:1963

"I'm Saving My Love" is a song written by Alex Zanetis and recorded by American country artist, Skeeter Davis in 1963.Later in the year, the single was issued onto Davis' fifth studio album, Cloudy, with Occasional Tears.[2]

"I'm Saving My Love" was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States on January 9, 1963. The session was produced by Anita Kerr.[1] The song was released as a single in April 1963, serving as the follow-up to Davis' major country pop crossover hit, "The End of the World". "I'm Saving My Love" also became a top-ten hit, reaching number nine on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart, while also just missing the top-forty on the Billboard Hot 100. In addition, the single reached number thirteen on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, becoming Davis' second entry on that chart.

Chart performance

Chart (1963)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 41
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides9
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[4] 13

Other versions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Skeeter Davis discography. 13 December 2010 . Praguefrank's Country Discographies. 6 January 2014.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research.
  3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 221.

  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 73.