I Just Came Home to Count the Memories (song) explained

I Just Came Home to Count the Memories
Type:single
Artist:John Anderson
Album:I Just Came Home to Count the Memories
B-Side:Girl, for You
Released:November 21, 1981
Genre:Country
Length:3:29
Label:Warner Bros. Nashville
Prev Title:Chicken Truck
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:Would You Catch a Falling Star
Next Year:1982

"I Just Came Home to Count the Memories" is a country music song written by Glenn Ray.

Three versions of the song have charted. The first, released in 1975 by Bobby Wright on ABC Records.[1] Cal Smith's version from 1977, reached number 15 on the same chart.[2] John Anderson had the highest-charting rendition, releasing his version in late 1981 and taking it to number 7 on the country charts in early 1982.[3] The song was covered by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings on the 2022 John Anderson tribute album Something Borrowed, Something New.

Chart performance

John Anderson

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 476. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Whitburn, p. 385
  3. Whitburn, p. 26