Good as I Was to You

"Good as I Was to You"
Single by Lorrie Morgan
from the album Greater Need
B-side "She Walked Beside the Wagon"
Released 1997
Genre Country
Length 3:28
Label BNA
Writer(s) Don Schlitz
Billy Livsey
Producer(s) James Stroud
Lorrie Morgan singles chronology
"I Just Might Be"
(1996)		 "Good as I Was to You"
(1997)		 "Go Away"
(1997)

"Good as I Was to You" is a song written by Billy Livsey and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan. It was released in 1997 as the third and final single from her album Greater Need. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in May 1997.[1]

Song story

The song depicts a woman who, after learning her significant other (either her husband or boyfriend; no distinction is made in the song), confronts him in a restaurant, where he is dining with another woman. The woman angrily tells him all the good things she's done for him and expresses disgust and disappointment that he would respond by cheating on her. She then tells the other woman that she can have him and that she (the protagonist) no longer wants anything to do with her now ex.

The video for the song -- which has aired on The Nashville Network, CMT and Great American Country -- follows the same storyline, except that in addition the woman with whom the man was cheating with leaves him in anger. In the song, this latter detail is not stated.

Chart performance

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 17
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 49

References

  1. ↑ Lorrie Morgan Hot Country Songs Chart History
  2. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3200." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 5, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Lorrie Morgan Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Lorrie Morgan.
  4. ↑ "Best of 1997: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.