"You've Never Been This Far Before" is a song written and recorded by American
country music
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artist
Conway Twitty
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. 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
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Harold Bradley Harold Bradley may refer to:
Others
* Harold Bradley (guitarist) (1926–2019), American country and pop guitarist
* Harold Bradley (pianist) (1906–1984), Canadian pianist
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— 6-string electric bass guitar
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Ray Edenton
Ray Quarles Edenton (November 3, 1926 – September 21, 2022) was an American guitarist and country music session musician.
Early life
Ray Edenton was born into a musical family on November 3, 1926, and grew up near Mineral, Virginia. His fi ...
— acoustic guitar
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Johnny Gimble — fiddle
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John Hughey — steel guitar, dobro
*Tommy Markham — drums
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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 " Coal M ...
— electric guitar
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Bob Moore Bob Moore may refer to:
* Bob Moore (musician) (1932–2021), American session musician
* Bob Moore (executive) (1929–2024), co-founder of Bob's Red Mill
* Bob Moore (American football) (born 1949), American football tight end
* Bob Moore (Au ...
— bass
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Hargus "Pig" Robbins
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— 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
Canadian singer
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 ''
RPM
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Standards
ISO 80000-3:2019 def ...
'' 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
Obscenity controversies in music
Songs about casual sex