My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)
| "My Life (Throw it Away If I Want To)" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Bill Anderson | ||||
| from the album My Life/But You Know I Love You | ||||
| Released | March 1969 (U.S.) | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:44 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Writer(s) | Bill Anderson | |||
| Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
| Bill Anderson singles chronology | ||||
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"My Life (Throw it Away If I Want To)" is an American country music song written and recorded by Bill Anderson.
Originally released in March 1969, the song was Anderson's fourth solo No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart late that spring, and soon became one of his signature songs.
Despite spending just two weeks atop the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, "My Life (Throw it Away If I Want To)" was named the No. 1 song of 1969.[1] Several other songs - most notably Johnny Cash's "Daddy Sang Bass" and "A Boy Named Sue," and Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee" - had longer runs at No. 1.
Chart performance
| Chart (1969) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[2] | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 2 |
| Preceded by "Hungry Eyes" by Merle Haggard and the Strangers |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single May 17-May 24, 1969 |
Succeeded by "Singing My Song" by Tammy Wynette |
| Preceded by "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single of the year 1969 |
Succeeded by "Hello Darlin'" by Conway Twitty |
Sources
- ↑ Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs - 1969 historical chart.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 23.
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