It's Like We Never Said Goodbye

"It's Like We Never Said Goodbye"
Single by Crystal Gayle
from the album Miss the Mississippi
B-side	"Don't Go My Love"
Released	February 1980
Recorded	1979
Genre	Country
Length	3:32
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Roger Greenaway and Geoff Stephens
Producer(s)	Allen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle singles chronology
"Half the Way" (1979) "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" (1980) "The Blue Side" (1980)

"It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" is a song written by Roger Greenaway and Geoff Stephens, and recorded by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. It was released in February 1980 as the second single from the album Miss the Mississippi.

Historic week

The song was part of a historic week on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the week it reached number one. That week, all of the top five positions were held by female singers.

The Top 5 from that week was:

1. "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" by Crystal Gayle
2. "A Lesson in Leavin'" by Dottie West
3. "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again" by Debby Boone
4. "Beneath Still Waters" by Emmylou Harris
5. "Two Story House" by Tammy Wynette (duet with George Jones)

Personnel

• Gene Chrisman – drums
• Spady Brannan – bass guitar
• Bobby Wood – keyboards
• Chris Leuzinger – guitars
• Billy Puett, Denis Solee – saxophone
• Roger Bissell, Dennis Good, Rex Peer, Terry Williams – trombone
• Crystal Gayle, Garth Fundis, Allen Reynolds - backing vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	7
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	17
US Billboard Hot 100	63

Bibliography

• Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006, Record Research, ISBN 978-0898201659

External links

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