Your Old Cold Shoulder

"Your Old Cold Shoulder" is a song written by Richard Leigh that was originally performed by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in November of 1979, and was her last single released to radio from the United Artists record label. It was the second single released from the album, We Should Be Together.

"Your Old Cold Shoulder"
Single by Crystal Gayle
from the album We Should Be Together
ReleasedNovember 1979
RecordedOctober 13, 1977
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
StudioJack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Length2:17
LabelUnited Artists Records
Songwriter(s)Richard Leigh
Producer(s)Allen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle singles chronology
"Half The Way"
(1979)
"Your Old Cold Shoulder"
(1979)
"It's Like We Never Said Goodbye"
(1980)

Background and reception

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"Your Old Cold Shoulder" was originally recorded on October 13, 1976 at Jack's Tracks, a studio located in Nashville, Tennessee. Other tracks recorded at the session were the hits "When I Dream" and "Ready for the Times to Get Better". The session was produced by Allen Reynolds.[1]

"Your Old Cold Shoulder" was officially released in November 1979 and it peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart for the week ending Saturday, February 9, 1980.[2] The song also peaked at number five on the Canadian RPM Country Songs chart.[3]

Weekly charts

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Chart (1979-1980) Peak
position
Canada Country Songs (RPM)[3] 5
US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)[2] 5

References

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  1. ^ "Praguefrank's Country Discography 2: Crystal Gayle". Praguefrank's Country Discographies. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
  3. ^ a b "Canadian country search results for "Crystal Gayle"". RPM. Retrieved 31 October 2010.