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.