"Going Where the Lonely Go" is a song 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 Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled a ...

backed by The Strangers. It was released in October 1982 as the first single and title track from the album ''

Going Where the Lonely Go ''Going Where the Lonely Go'' is the thirty-fifth studio album by American recording artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers (American band), The Strangers, released in 1982. Recording and composition Produced by Haggard and his mentors Fuzz ...

''. The song was his twenty-eighth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.

Personnel

– vocals, guitar The Strangers: *

Roy Nichols Roy Ernest Nichols (October 21, 1932 – July 3, 2001) was an American country music guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for Merle Haggard's band The Strangers for more than two decades. He was known for his guitar technique, a mix o ...

– guitar, harmonica *

Norm Hamlet Norm Hamlet is an American steel guitarist and a member of Merle Haggard's The Strangers band for the past 49 years.Terry Downs: ''The Strangers'', http://www.terrydownsmusic.com/Archive/strangers_article.pdf, n.d., downloaded May 6, 2012.The Stee ...

– steel guitar, dobro *

Tiny Moore Billie "Tiny" Moore (May 12, 1920 – December 15, 1987) was a Western swing musician who played the electric mandolin and fiddle with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in the 1940s. He played with The Strangers and Merle Haggard during the ...

– fiddle, mandolin * Bobby Wayne – guitar, background vocals * Mark Yeary – piano * Jimmy Belkin – fiddle * Dennis Hromek – bass * Biff Adam – drums * Don Markham – trumpet, saxophone

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1982 singles 1982 songs Merle Haggard songs Songs written by Merle Haggard Epic Records singles {{1982-country-song-stub