It's Like We Never Said Goodbye Explained

It's Like We Never Said Goodbye
Type:single
Artist:Crystal Gayle
Album:Miss the Mississippi
B-Side:Don't Go My Love
Released:February 1980
Recorded:1979
Genre:Country
Length:3:32
Label:Columbia
Producer:Allen Reynolds
Prev Title:Your Old Cold Shoulder
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:The Blue Side
Next Year:1980

"It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" is a song written by Roger Greenaway and Geoff Stephens, and recorded by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. It was released in February 1980 as the second single from the album Miss the Mississippi. The song was number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the charts.

Historic week

The song was part of a historic week on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the week it reached number one, April 19, 1980. That week, all of the top five positions were held by female singers.

The Top 5 from that week was:

  1. "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" by Crystal Gayle
  2. "A Lesson in Leavin'" by Dottie West
  3. "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again" by Debby Boone
  4. "Beneath Still Waters" by Emmylou Harris
  5. "Two Story House" by Tammy Wynette (duet with George Jones)[1]

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks7

Year-end charts

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. [Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'' magazine]
  2. Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1980. Billboard. July 15, 2021.