You Take Me for Granted explained

You Take Me for Granted
Type:single
Artist:Merle Haggard
Album:Going Where the Lonely Go
B-Side:I Won't Give Up My Train
Released:March 12, 1983
Genre:Country
Length:2:40
Label:Epic
Producer:Merle Haggard
Lewis Talley
Prev Title:Going Where the Lonely Go
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:Pancho and Lefty
Next Year:1983

"You Take Me for Granted" is a song written by Leona Williams, and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers. It was released in March 1983 as the second single from the album Going Where the Lonely Go. The song was Haggard's twenty-ninth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.[1]

Cover versions

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 148.
  2. Web site: Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1983. Billboard. June 19, 2021.