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Going Where the Lonely Go (song)

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1982 single by Merle Haggard
"Going Where the Lonely Go"
Single by Merle Haggard
from the album Going Where the Lonely Go
B-side "Some Day You're Going to Need Your Friends"
ReleasedOctober 23, 1982
Genre Country
Length4:48
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Merle Haggard
Producer(s) Merle Haggard
Lewis Talley
Merle Haggard singles chronology
"Yesterday's Wine"
(1982) "Going Where the Lonely Go"
(1982) "You Take Me for Granted"
(1983)

"Going Where the Lonely Go" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers. It was released in October 1982 as the first single and title track from the album Going Where the Lonely Go . The song was his twenty-eighth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.[1]

Personnel

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The Strangers:

  • Roy Nichols – guitar, harmonica
  • Norm Hamlet – steel guitar, dobro
  • Tiny Moore – fiddle, mandolin
  • Bobby Wayne – guitar, background vocals
  • Mark Yeary – piano
  • Jimmy Belkin – fiddle
  • Dennis Hromek – bass
  • Biff Adam – drums
  • Don Markham – trumpet, saxophone

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1982–1983) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard )[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (1983) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 33

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 148.
  2. ^ "Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1983". Billboard. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
The Strangers
Norm Hamlet
Ralph Mooney
Tiny Moore
Roy Nichols
Gene Price
Eldon Shamblin
Gordon Terry
Biff Adam
Jimmy Belken
Eddie Burris
Gary Church
Wayne Durham
George French
Dennis Hromek
Don Markham
Johnny Meeks
Marcia Nichols
Ronnie Reno
Clint Strong
Jim Tittle
Jerry Ward
Bobby Wayne
Mark Yeary
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