A Long and Lasting Love

"A Long and Lasting Love" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser, and recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in August 1985 as the second single from the album Nobody Wants to Be Alone. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1985)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	5

Cover versions

Glenn Medeiros covered this song with some changes in lyrics and entitled Long and Lasting Love. Billy Preston and Syreeta also covered this song with the different chorus. Cantopop artist Vivian Chow also covered this song in her native Cantonese, retaining the "A Long and Lasting Love" line in English.

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 132.

Crystal Gayle

Albums Singles

Studio albums	Crystal Gayle Somebody Loves You Crystal We Must Believe in Magic When I Dream We Should Be Together Miss the Mississippi These Days Hollywood, Tennessee True Love Cage the Songbird Nobody Wants to Be Alone What If We Fall in Love (with Gary Morris) Straight to the Heart Nobody's Angel Ain't Gonna Worry Three Good Reasons Best Always Someday Crystal Gayle Sings the Heart and Soul of Hoagy Carmichael In My Arms All My Tomorrows

Compilation albums	I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes Classic Crystal Favorites Crystal Gayle's Greatest Hits

Specialty albums	One from the Heart (with Tom Waits) A Crystal Christmas

Video albums	Crystal Gayle in Concert Live! An Evening with Crystal Gayle

Notable singles	"Wrong Road Again" "Somebody Loves You" "I'll Get Over You" "You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (Till He Says Goodbye)" "I'll Do It All Over Again" "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" "Ready for the Times to Get Better" "Talking in Your Sleep" "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For" "When I Dream" "Half the Way" "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" "The Blue Side" "If You Ever Change Your Mind" "Too Many Lovers" "The Woman in Me" "You Never Gave Up on Me" "Livin' in These Troubled Times" "'Til I Gain Control Again" "Our Love Is on the Faultline" "Baby, What About You" "The Sound of Goodbye" "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" "Turning Away" "Me Against the Night" "Nobody Wants to Be Alone" "A Long and Lasting Love" "Cry" "Straight to the Heart" "Only Love Can Save Me Now" "Nobody's Angel"

Collaboration singles	"Makin' Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers Song)" (with Gary Morris) "Another World" (with Gary Morris)

Other singles	"You and I" (with Eddie Rabbitt)

Related articles	United Artists Records Columbia Records Elektra Records Warner Bros. Records Loretta Lynn Peggy Sue

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