A Place to Fall Apart
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1984 single by Merle Haggard with Janie Fricke
| "A Place to Fall Apart" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Merle Haggard with Janie Fricke | |
| from the album It's All in the Game | |
| B-side | "All I Want to Do Is Singing My Songs" |
| Released | October 27, 1984 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 3:36 |
| Label | Epic |
| Songwriter(s) | Merle Haggard Willie Nelson Freddy Powers |
| Producer(s) | Ray Baker Merle Haggard |
| Merle Haggard singles chronology | |
|
"Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" (1984) "A Place to Fall Apart" (1984) "Natural High" (1985) | |
| Janie Fricke singles chronology | |
"A Place to Fall Apart" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard as a duet with Janie Fricke and backed by The Strangers. It was released in October 1984 as the second single from the album It's All in the Game . The song was the first single where Haggard and Fricke worked together. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.[1] Haggard wrote the song with Willie Nelson and Freddy Powers.
Personnel
[edit ]- Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar, fiddle
- Roy Nichols - lead guitar
- Norm Hamlet – steel guitar
- Tiny Moore – fiddle, mandolin
- Mark Yeary – keyboards
- Dennis Hromek - bass
- Biff Adams - drums
- Jim Belken – fiddle
- Don Markham – horns
Chart performance
[edit ]| Chart (1984–1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard )[2] | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
References
[edit ]- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 148.
- ^ "Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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