"Three Days" is a song written by

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. It was originally recorded by American

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artist

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on his 1961 album ''The Young Approach''. Young's version was released as a single in January 1962 and peaked at number 7 on the ''

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chart. Nelson recorded his own version of the song on his 1962 debut album, '' ...And Then I Wrote''. He later re-recorded the song for his 1998 album '' Teatro'' with backing vocals by

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. "Three Days" was also recorded by Canadian country music artist

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on her 1989 album ''

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''. lang's version was released in October 1989 as the album's second single. It peaked at number 9 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in January 1990. On the 1996

tribute album, ''Twisted Willie'', the song was performed by L7 with backup vocals by

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Chart performance

Faron Young

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References

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