Too Gone Too Long Explained

Too Gone Too Long
Cover:Randy Travis - Too Gone.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Randy Travis
Album:Always & Forever
B-Side:My House
Released:November 1987
Genre:Country, Western swing
Length:2:24
Label:Warner Bros. Nashville 28286
Producer:Kyle Lehning
Prev Title:I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:I Told You So
Next Year:1988

"Too Gone Too Long" is a song written by Gene Pistilli, and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in November 1987 as the third single from his album Always & Forever. It peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks, becoming his fifth number 1 hit in the United States. It also topped the Canadian RPM country Tracks chart.[1]

Content

After a former love comes crawling back, the narrator tells her that he's got a new love and that she's been gone too long and it's too late to come back home.

Charts

"Too Gone Too Long" spent the week of March 12, 1988 at the top of both country singles chart.

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[2] 18
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 15

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 351.
  2. Web site: Top 100 Country Singles of '88. RPM. 15. December 24, 1988.
  3. Web site: Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988. Billboard. July 10, 2021.