I Can't Win for Losin' You explained

I Can't Win for Losin' You
Type:single
Artist:Earl Thomas Conley
Album:Too Many Times
B-Side:Love's on the Move
Released:November 24, 1986
Genre:Country
Length:4:06
Label:RCA
Producer:Earl Thomas Conley
Nelson Larkin
Mark Wright
Prev Title:Too Many Times
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:That Was a Close One
Next Year:1987

"I Can't Win for Losin' You' is a song written by Robert Byrne and Rick Bowles and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in November 1986 as the second single from the album Too Many Times. The song was Conley's twelfth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.[1]

Critical reception

Kip Kirby of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Conley "slips into a breathy, soulful voice in this R&B-flavored lament; underneath a devil-may-care exterior, he's paying dues for a love that got away."[2]

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 88.
  2. Billboard, November 22, 1986
  3. Web site: Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1987. Billboard. June 26, 2021.