Let's Take the Long Way Around the World explained

Let's Take the Long Way Around the World
Type:single
Artist:Ronnie Milsap
Album:Only One Love in My Life
B-Side:I'm Not Trying to Forget
Released:September 2, 1978
Genre:Country
Length:3:27
Label:RCA Nashville
Producer:Tom Collins, Ronnie Milsap
Prev Title:Only One Love in My Life
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Back on My Mind Again
Next Year:1979

"Let's Take the Long Way Around the World" is a song written by Archie Jordan and Naomi Martin, and recorded by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in September 1978 as the second single from the album Only One Love in My Life. The song was Milsap's eleventh number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent ten weeks on the chart.[1]

Cover versions

In 1979, Kenny Rogers and Dottie West recorded the song on their duet album Classics, but didn't release it as a single.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 232.