"Diggin' Up Bones" is a song written by

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, Al Gore, and

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, and recorded by American

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artist

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. It was released in August 1986 as the third single from his album '' Storms of Life''. It peaked at number-one in both the United States and Canada.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo ballad, in which the male narrator yearns for "a love that's dead and gone", whose items he kept and pulled out of storage.

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Mel Tillis Lonnie Melvin Tillis (August 8, 1932 – November 19, 2017) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s as part of the outlaw country movement, ...

- on his album ''California Road'' (1985)

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1986 singles 1985 songs Mel Tillis songs Randy Travis songs Song recordings produced by Kyle Lehning Songs written by Nat Stuckey Songs written by Paul Overstreet Warner Records singles {{1986-country-song-stub