"Almost Goodbye" is a song written by

Billy Livsey Billy Livsey is an American songwriter, keyboardist, and producer originally from St. Louis, Missouri and now resides in Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked with many musicians including Tina Turner, Kevin Ayers, Phil Manzanera, 801, Gerry Raff ...

and

Don Schlitz Donald Alan Schlitz Jr. (born August 29, 1952) is an American country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammy Awards, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards. In 1993, he was inducted int ...

, and recorded by American

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singer

Mark Chesnutt Mark Nelson Chesnutt (born September 6, 1963) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1990 and 1999, he had his greatest chart success recording for Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA and Decca branches, with a total of ei ...

. It was released in August 1993 as the second single and title track from his 1993 album of the same name. The

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peaked at number-one on the U.S. ''

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(now

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) chart and at number 2 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart.

Music video

The music video was directed by

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and premiered in late 1993.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 68 on the

chart dated September 4, 1993. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, and became his fourth Number One single on the chart dated November 20, 1993, holding the top spot for one week.

Charts

Year-end charts

References

1993 songs 1993 singles Mark Chesnutt songs Songs written by Billy Livsey Songs written by Don Schlitz Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer) Music videos directed by John Lloyd Miller MCA Records singles {{1993-country-song-stub