I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried

"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" is a song written and performed by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in May 1988 as the second single from Crowell's album Diamonds & Dirt. "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" was the first of his five number one country singles. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.^[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
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. 93.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "The Wanderer" by Eddie Rabbitt	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single September 3, 1988	Succeeded by "(Do You Love Me) Just Say Yes" by Highway 101
Preceded by "Addicted" by Dan Seals	RPM Country Tracks number-one single September 17, 1988	Succeeded by "(Do You Love Me) Just Say Yes" by Highway 101

Rodney Crowell

Studio albums	Ain't Living Long Like This But What Will the Neighbors Think Rodney Crowell Street Language Diamonds & Dirt Keys to the Highway Life Is Messy Let the Picture Paint Itself Jewel of the South The Houston Kid Fate's Right Hand The Outsider Sex & Gasoline Old Yellow Moon (with Emmylou Harris) Tarpaper Sky The Traveling Kind (with Emmylou Harris)

Compilation albums	The Rodney Crowell Collection Greatest Hits Soul Searchin' Super Hits The Essential Rodney Crowell The Platinum Collection The Very Best of Rodney Crowell

Singles	"Elvira" "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" "Ashes by Now" "Ain't No Money" "Stars on the Water" "Victim or a Fool" "When I'm Free Again" "It's Such a Small World" (with Rosanne Cash) "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" "She's Crazy for Leavin'" "After All This Time" "Above and Beyond" "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" "If Looks Could Kill" "My Past Is Present" "Now That We're Alone" "Lovin' All Night" "What Kind of Love" "Please Remember Me" "I Walk the Line Revisited"

Other songs	"The Answer Is Yes" "Heartbroke" "I Ain't Living Long Like This" "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" "Making Memories of Us" "Queen of Hearts" "Song for the Life" "Voilá, An American Dream"

Related articles	Discography Warner Bros. Records Columbia Records MCA Records Roy Orbison The Notorious Cherry Bombs The Notorious Cherry Bombs Emmylou Harris

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