"You Should Have Been Gone by Now" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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artist

Eddy Raven Edward Garvin Futch (born August 19, 1944), known professionally as Eddy Raven, is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1962, Raven has recorded for several record labels, including ABC, Dimension, Elektra, RCA, Univers ...

. It was released in December 1985 as the third single from the album ''

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''. The song reached #3 on the ''

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chart. It was written by Raven, Don Pfrimmer and Frank J. Myers.

Chart performance

References

1986 singles Eddy Raven songs Songs written by Frank J. Myers Songs written by Don Pfrimmer Songs written by Eddy Raven Song recordings produced by Paul Worley RCA Records singles 1986 songs {{1986-country-song-stub