As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone
| "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone" | ||||
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| Single by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn | ||||
| from the album Country Partners | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Conway Twitty | |||
| Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
| Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn singles chronology | ||||
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"As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone" is a song written by American country artist Conway Twitty, and recorded by Twitty and Loretta Lynn as a duet. It was released in 1974 as the first single from the album Country Partners. It was the fourth number one on the U.S. country singles chart for the pair as a duo. The single went to number one for a single week and spent 11 weeks on the chart.[1]
Content
The song - depicting a man trying to resurrect a crumbling relationship, but who knows things have ended - is a rare spoken word/sung duet. Lynn provides the sung vocals while Twitty performs the spoken part, with his voice treated to sound as if coming over a telephone.
Chart performance
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 361.
External links
| Preceded by "Rub It In" by Billy "Crash" Craddock |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single August 17, 1974 |
Succeeded by "Old Man from the Mountain" by Merle Haggard |
| Preceded by "Marie Laveau" by Bobby Bare |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single August 10, 1974 |
Succeeded by "Rub It In" by Billy "Crash" Craddock |
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