When I Get Thru' With You

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“When I Get Thru' With You”
“When I Get Thru' With You” cover
The original 1962 single cover for "When I Get Thru' With You"
Single by Patsy Cline
from the album (single only)
A-side "When I Get Thru' With You"
B-side "Imagine That"
Released 1962
Recorded 1962
Genre Country Music/Pop Music
Length mm:ss
Label Decca Records
Writer(s) Harlan Howard
Producer Owen Bradley

When I Get Thru' With You was a song written for Patsy Cline in 1962 and became a minor hit for her that year also. It was written by Nashville legend Harlan Howard, who also wrote several other hits for Cline including "I Fall To Pieces", her 1960 #1 hit.

"When I Get Thru' With You" was only a minor hit for Patsy Cline in 1962. This was a far cry from her previous big hits, such as "I Fall to Pieces" and "Crazy". The song went to #10 on the Country charts and #53 on the Pop charts. The song however was not like her previous hits in two ways. The first way it was not like her other minor hits was that it made the Country Top Ten and her other two minor hits didn't make the top ten. The other reason was that the song was more upbeat, having a more Pop influenced sound than a Country-influenced sound. Cline sings about how she desperately wants a man that she really likes, the only problem is he has a girlfriend already. So what she decides to do is try to get through with him and in the end she says, "when I get through with you, you'll love me true, not Sue".