"You Take Me for Granted" is a song written by

Leona Williams Leona Belle Helton (born January 7, 1943, in Vienna, Missouri, United States) is an American country music singer known professionally as Leona Williams. Active since 1958, Williams has been a backing musician for Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard ...

, 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

Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled af ...

backed by The Strangers. It was released in March 1983 as the second single from the album ''

Going Where the Lonely Go ''Going Where the Lonely Go'' is the thirty-fifth studio album by American recording artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers, released in 1982. Recording and composition Produced by Haggard and his mentors Fuzzy Owen and Lewis Talley, the t ...

''. The song was Haggard's twenty-ninth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.

Cover versions

* The song was covered by

The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters were an American country music vocal group consisting of sisters Kathy, June, Kim, and Christy Forester. Having performed together locally in their native Lookout Mountain, Georgia, since the 1970s, the four sisters began si ...

on their 1991 album '' Talkin' 'Bout Men''.

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References

1983 singles Merle Haggard songs The Forester Sisters songs Epic Records singles 1982 songs Songs written by Leona Williams {{1982-country-song-stub