I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried Explained

I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried
Type:	single
Artist:	Rodney Crowell
Album:	Diamonds & Dirt
B-Side:	"When the Blue Hour Comes"
Released:	May 1988
Recorded:	October 26, 1987
Genre:	Country
Length:	3:17
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Tony Brown and Rodney Crowell
Prev Title:	"It's Such a Small World" (with Rosanne Cash)
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	"She's Crazy for Leavin'"
Next Year:	1988

"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in May 1988 as the second single from Crowell's album Diamonds & Dirt. the song was the second of Crowell's five number one country singles. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 13 weeks on the country chart.^[1]

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks^[2]	24
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	7

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 93.
2. Web site: Top 100 Country Singles of '88. RPM. 15. December 24, 1988.
3. Web site: Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988. Billboard. July 11, 2021.