"It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" is a song written by Roger Greenaway and

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, and recorded by American country music singer

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. It was released in February 1980 as the second single from the album '' Miss the Mississippi''. The song was number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the charts.

Historic week

The song was part of a historic week on the ''

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'' Hot Country Singles chart in the week it reached number one, April 19, 1980. That week, all of the top five positions were held by female singers. The Top 5 from that week was: # "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" by Crystal Gayle # "

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" by Dottie West # "

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" by Debby Boone # "

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" by Tammy Wynette (duet with George Jones) ''Billboard'' magazine — April 19, 1980 issue.

Personnel

* Gene Chrisman –

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*Spady Brannan – bass guitar *Bobby Wood –

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*Chris Leuzinger – guitars *Billy Puett, Denis Solee – saxophone *Roger Bissell, Dennis Good, Rex Peer, Terry Williams – trombone *Crystal Gayle, Garth Fundis, Allen Reynolds - backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

Bibliography

*Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006, Record Research, {{authority control 1980 singles Crystal Gayle songs Songs written by Roger Greenaway Songs written by Geoff Stephens Song recordings produced by Allen Reynolds Columbia Records singles 1979 songs