I Walk Alone (Marty Robbins song) explained

I Walk Alone
Type:	single
Artist:	Marty Robbins
Album:	I Walk Alone
B-Side:	Lily of the Valley
Released:	August 27, 1968
Genre:	Country
Length:	3:17
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Bob Johnston
Prev Title:	Love Is in the Air
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	It's a Sin
Next Year:	1969

"I Walk Alone" is a song written by Herbert Wilson.^[1] and recorded by American country music artist, Eddy Arnold and was the B-side of his 78 rpm single "Did You See My Daddy Over There" (1945),^[2] and later for his compilation album Eddy Arnold Sings Them Again (1960).^{[3] [4] [5]}

Marty Robbins recording

• Marty Robbins, recorded a version which was released in August 1968 as the first single and title track from the album I Walk Alone.^[6] It was Robbins' thirteenth number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single spent two weeks at number one and a total of fifteen weeks on the chart.^[7]

Chart performance

Chart (1968)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3
Canadian RPM Top Singles	96

Other versions

• Ernest Tubb recorded the song during a May 24, 1945 session;^[8] but it was unreleased until 1996, when it was included in the CD box set Walking the Floor Over You.^[9]
• Don Gibson released his version about the same time as Marty Robbins, on the 1968 album More Country Soul.^{[10] [11]}
• Following the success of the Marty Robbins single, at least four other country artists recorded "I Walk Alone" for albums released in 1969: Loretta Lynn's Your Squaw Is on the Warpath,^[12] Kitty Wells' Guilty Street,^{[13] [14] [15]} David Houston's Where Love Used to Live,^{[16] [17] [18]} and Willie Nelson's My Own Peculiar Way.^{[19] [20]} Nelson had earlier recorded the song for Liberty Records, but that version wasn't released until 1975 on the compilation album Country Willie under the title "I'll Walk Alone."^{[21] [22]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Herbert Wilson. Discogs.com. 25 December 2021.
2. http://www.rocky-52.net/chanteurs/arnold_e.htm Chanteurs Eddy Arnold Discography
3. http://www.allmusic.com/song/i-walk-alone-t2224387 Allmusic "I Walk Alone" Eddy Arnold with music sample
4. http://www.discogs.com/Eddy-Arnold-Sings-Them-Again/master/254456 Discogs Eddy Arnold Sings Them Again
5. http://www.lpdiscography.com/?page=discography&interpret=16 LP Discography Eddy Arnold
6. http://www.allmusic.com/song/i-walk-alone-t1991368 Allmusic "I Walk Alone" Marty Robbins with music sample
7. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 294.
8. http://countrydiscography.blogspot.com/search/label/Tubb%20Ernest Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies Tubb Ernest
9. http://www.allmusic.com/album/walking-the-floor-over-you-box-set-r245811 Allmusic Walking the Floor Over You (Box Set)
10. http://www.allmusic.com/album/more-country-soul-r92397 Allmusic More Country Soul Don Gibson
11. http://www.lpdiscography.com/?page=discography&interpret=155 LP Discography Don Gibson Sep 1968
12. http://www.allmusic.com/album/your-squaw-is-on-the-warpath-r93047 Allmusic Your Squaw Is on the Warpath Loretta Lynn
13. http://www.allmusic.com/album/guilty-street-r94573 Allmusic Guilty Street Kitty Wells
14. http://www.discogs.com/Kitty-Wells-Guilty-Street/release/2649722 Discogs Kitty Wells Guilty Street
15. http://www.lpdiscography.com/?page=discography&interpret=385 LP Discography Kitty Wells
16. http://www.allmusic.com/album/where-love-used-to-live-r575776 Allmusic Where Love Used to Live David Houston
17. http://www.lpdiscography.com/?page=discography&interpret=189 LP Discography David Houston
18. http://www.discogs.com/David-Houston-Where-Love-Used-To-Live-My-Womans-Good-To-Me/release/1590379 Discogs David Houston Where Love Used To Live / My Woman's Good To Me
19. http://www.allmusic.com/song/i-walk-alone-t24518711 Allmusic "I Walk Alone" Willie Nelson with music sample
20. http://www.lpdiscography.com/?page=discography&interpret=262 LP Discography Willie Nelson
21. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-early-years-the-complete-liberty-recordings-plus-more-r199701 Allmusic The Early Years: The Complete Liberty Recordings Plus More Review
22. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HJ6JKC/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk57 Amazon "I'll Walk Alone" Willie Nelson MP3 with music sample