"You've Never Been This Far Before" 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 Conway Twitty. It was released in July 1973 as the second single and title track from the album ''You've Never Been This Far Before''.

Content

The song was controversial at the time of its release, with several radio stations banning it, due to what were considered by some to be overly sexual lyrics.

Personnel

*Conway Twitty — vocals *Joe E. Lewis, The Nashville Sounds — vocals *

Harold Bradley Harold Ray Bradley (January 2, 1926 – January 31, 2019) was an American guitarist and entrepreneur, who played on many country, rock and pop recordings and produced numerous TV variety shows and movie soundtracks. Having started as a session ...

— 6-string electric bass guitar *

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— acoustic guitar *

Johnny Gimble John Paul Gimble (May 30, 1926 – May 9, 2015) was an American country musician associated with Western swing. Gimble was considered one of the most important fiddlers in the genre. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 ...

— fiddle *

John Hughey John Hughey (December 27, 1933 – November 18, 2007) was an American musician. He was known for his work as a session pedal steel guitar player for various country music acts, most notably Vince Gill and Conway Twitty. A member of the Steel Gu ...

— steel guitar, dobro *Tommy Markham — drums *

Grady Martin Thomas Grady Martin (January 17, 1929 – December 3, 2001) was an American session guitarist in country music and rockabilly. A member of The Nashville A-Team, he played guitar on hits such as Marty Robbins' " El Paso", Loretta Lynn's " Co ...

— electric guitar *

Bob Moore Bob Loyce Moore (November 30, 1932 – September 22, 2021) was an American session musician, orchestra leader, and double bassist who was a member of the Nashville A-Team during the 1950s and 1960s. He performed on over 17,000 documented recor ...

— bass *

Hargus "Pig" Robbins Hargus Melvin Robbins (January 18, 1938 – January 30, 2022), known by his nickname "Pig," was an American session keyboard player. Having played on records for many artists, including John Stewart, Dolly Parton, Connie Smith, Patti Page, Lor ...

— piano

Chart performance

The song was Twitty's 10th number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The single stayed at number one for three weeks and spent a total of 16 weeks on the chart. "You've Never Been This Far Before" was Twitty's only song from the country chart to cross over onto the Top 40 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where the single peaked at number 22.

Conway Twitty

Carroll Baker

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released a version titled "I've Never Been This Far Before". This version of the song reached number one on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in Canada in May 1975.

References

{{Carroll Baker (singer) 1975 singles Carroll Baker songs Conway Twitty songs 1973 singles Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles of the year Songs written by Conway Twitty Song recordings produced by Owen Bradley MCA Records singles 1973 songs