The Door Is Always Open Explained

The Door is Always Open
Type:	single
Artist:	Dave & Sugar
Album:	Dave & Sugar
B-Side:	"Late Nite Country Lovin' Music"
Released:	April 1976
Recorded:	January 22, 1976
Studio:	RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre:	Country
Length:	2:41
Label:	RCA
Producer:	Jerry Bradley, Charley Pride
Prev Title:	Queen of the Silver Dollar
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	I'm Gonna Love You
Next Year:	1976

"The Door is Always Open" is a country song written by Dickey Lee and Bob McDill. First recorded by Tennessee Pulleybone for JMI Records, it went to number 75 on the Hot Country Songs chart in 1973.^[1] A version by Lois Johnson, also in 1975, went to number 70 on the country music chart.^[2]

It was the Dave & Sugar version, released in 1976, that was released to radio and became known to audiences. That July, the song was the group's first number one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[3]

Chart performance

Dave & Sugar

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	84
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Other versions

• Waylon Jennings later cut it as an album track for his 1975 album Dreaming My Dreams.
• Dolly Parton performed the song in a November 1976 episode of her variety show Dolly!.
• A Dutch translation "De deur staat altijd open" by duo Frank & Mirella was a minor Dutch hit during the summer of 1976.
• Jamey Johnson covered his own version of the song on his 2008 album That Lonesome Song.

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 416. 978-0-89820-177-2.
2. Whitburn, pp. 211-212
3. Whitburn, p. 115
4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

   . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 82.