"A Place to Fall Apart" is a song co-written and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist Merle Haggard as a duet with Janie Fricke and backed by

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. It was released in October 1984 as the second single from the album '' It's All in the Game''. The song was the first single where both Haggard and Fricke worked together. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart. Haggard wrote the song with

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album ''Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ''Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (197 ...

and Freddy Powers.

Personnel

* Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar, fiddle

: * Roy Nichols - lead guitar * Norm Hamlet – steel guitar * Tiny Moore – fiddle, mandolin *Mark Yeary – keyboards *Dennis Hromek - bass *Biff Adams - drums *Jim Belken – fiddle *Don Markham – horns

Chart performance

References

1984 singles Merle Haggard songs Janie Fricke songs Male–female vocal duets Songs written by Merle Haggard Songs written by Willie Nelson Song recordings produced by Ray Baker (music producer) Epic Records singles 1984 songs Songs written by Freddy Powers {{1984-country-song-stub