| Sleeping Single in a Double Bed | |
| Cover: | Sleeping_Single_in_a_Double_Bed_-_Barbara_Mandrell.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Barbara Mandrell |
| Album: | Moods |
| B-Side: | Just One More of Your Goodbyes |
| Released: | August 1, 1978 |
| Recorded: | 1978 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:20 |
| Label: | ABC |
| Producer: | Tom Collins |
| Prev Title: | Tonight |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
"Sleeping Single In a Double Bed" is a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in August 1978 as the first single from her album Moods.
The song was Mandrell's twentieth solo hit on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles and her first of six #1 singles on that chart. The single stayed at the top for three weeks (November 1978) and spent a total of eleven weeks in the top 40.[1]
| Chart (1978–1979) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 | |
| Chart (1979) | Peak position | |
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 85 |
In early 1980, the song won an American Music Award for Favorite Country Single
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 213.
. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 190.