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"If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" is a song written by
Sonny Throckmorton James Fron "Sonny" Throckmorton (born April 2, 1941) is an American country music songwriter. He has had more than 1,000 of his songs recorded by various country singers. He has also had minor success as a recording artist, having released two ...
and Glenn Martin, and first recorded by American
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artist
Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in country music, he was a central pioneer of the Bakersfield ...
. It was released in March 1977 as the first single from the album '' Ramblin' Fever''. The song reached number 2 on the ''
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Cover versions

*Later in 1977,
Millie Jackson Mildred Virginia Jackson (born July 15, 1944) is an American R&B and soul recording artist. Beginning her career in the early 1960s, three of Jackson's albums have been certified gold by the RIAA for over 500,000 copies sold. Jackson's songs o ...
recorded a cover version (with the slightly different title "If You're Not Back In Love By Monday") for her album '' Feelin' Bitchy'', which was released as a single and hit the Billboard Pop (#43) and R&B charts (#5). *In 1978, the song was also recorded by Throckmorton on his debut album, ''
Last Cheater's Waltz "Last Cheater's Waltz" is the title track from Sonny Throckmorton's 1978 album '' Last Cheater's Waltz''. Throckmorton released the song as a double-A-side with " Smooth Sailin'" and charted at number 47 on the Hot Country Songs charts that year. ...
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