It's Like We Never Said Goodbye

"It's Like We Never Said Goodbye"
Single by Crystal Gayle
from the album Miss the Mississippi
B-side	"Don't Go My Love"
Released	February 1980
Format	7"
Recorded	1979
Genre	Country
Length	3:32
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Roger Greenaway and Geoff Stephens
Producer(s)	Allen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle singles chronology
"Half the Way" (1979) "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" (1980) "The Blue Side" (1980)

"It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" is a song written by Roger Greenaway and Geoff Stephens, and recorded by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. It was released in February 1980 as the second single from the album Miss the Mississippi.

Historic week

The song was part of a historic week on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the week it reached number one. That week, all of the top five positions were held by female singers.

The Top 5 from that week was:

1. "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" by Crystal Gayle
2. "A Lesson in Leavin'" by Dottie West
3. "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again" by Debby Boone
4. "Beneath Still Waters" by Emmylou Harris
5. "Two Story House" by Tammy Wynette (duet with George Jones)^[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	7
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2]	1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[3]	17
US Billboard Hot 100[4]	63

References

1. Billboard magazine — April 19, 1980 issue.
2. "Crystal Gayle – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Crystal Gayle.
3. "Crystal Gayle – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Crystal Gayle.
4. "Crystal Gayle – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Crystal Gayle.

Bibliography

• Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006, Record Research, ISBN 978-0898201659

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics