(There's) No Gettin' Over Me

"(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"
Single by Ronnie Milsap
from the album There's No Gettin' Over Me
Released June 1981 (U.S.)
Format 7"
Recorded 1981
Genre Country, pop
Length 3:15
Label RCA
Writer(s) Walt Aldridge, Tom Brasfield
Producer(s) Ronnie Milsap, Tom Collins
Ronnie Milsap singles chronology
"Am I Losing You"
(1981)
"(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"
(1981)
"I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World"
(1981)

"(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" is a song written by Walt Aldridge and Tom Brasfield, and recorded by American country music singer Ronnie Milsap. It was released in June 1981 as the first single from the album There's No Gettin' Over Me. Known by many fans by its less grammatically correct title "There Ain't No Gettin' Over Me" — the song's official title appears nowhere in the lyrics — the song became one of Milsap's biggest country and pop hits during his recording career.

Thom Jurek of Allmusic wrote that "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" — and the album from which it came — was "indicative of the times and the artists making hit records at the same time." Milsap's "urban country" style, as Jurek put it, was evident in the song, given its "sweet alto saxophone solo" and "chorus that reflects James Taylor's late-'70s attempts at crooning early rock."[1]

Cover versions

A cover version was recorded by Heartland on their 2006 album I Loved Her First.

American country singer and songwriter Hunter Hayes frequently covered this song on most of his live performances as well.

Chart performance

His 18th No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in August 1981, "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" marked the apex of Milsap's popularity as a crossover artist, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number two Hot Adult Contemporary Singles.[2]

A video was also produced of the song, and it has aired on The Nashville Network, CMT and GAC.

Chart performance

Chart (1981) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 5
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[5] 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top 100[6] 21
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks[7] 1
Australian Kent Music Report[8] 98
1981 Year-End Chart Position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[9] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[9] 14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 33
U.S. Cashbox Top 100[10] 57

References

  1. Jurek, Thom, There's No Gettin' Over Me by Ronnie Milsap, Allmusic.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 171.
  3. "Ronnie Milsap – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Ronnie Milsap.
  4. "Ronnie Milsap – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Ronnie Milsap.
  5. "Ronnie Milsap – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Ronnie Milsap.
  6. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  7. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. 1 2 3

Sources

Preceded by
"I Don't Need You"
by Kenny Rogers
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

August 29-September 5, 1981
Succeeded by
"Older Women"
by Ronnie McDowell
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

September 12, 1981
Succeeded by
"Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)"
by John Denver
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