Too Gone Too Long

For the En Vogue song, see Too Gone, Too Long.
"Too Gone Too Long"
Single by Randy Travis
from the album Always & Forever
B-side "My House"
Released November 1987
Format 7" single
Genre Country
Length 2:24
Label Warner Bros. 28286
Writer(s) Gene Pistilli
Producer(s) Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis singles chronology
"I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)"
(1987)
"Too Gone Too Long'"
(1987)
"I Told You So"
(1988)

"Too Gone Too Long" is a song written by Gene Pistilli, and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in November 1987 as the third single from his album Always & Forever. It peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks, becoming his fifth number 1 hit in the United States. It also topped the Canadian RPM country Tracks chart.[1]

Content

After a former love comes crawling back, the narrator tells her that he's got a new love and that she's been gone too long and it's too late to come back home.

Chart performance

"Too Gone Too Long" spent the week of March 12, 1988 at the top of both country singles chart.

Chart (1987–1988) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 351.
  2. "Randy Travis – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Randy Travis.
Preceded by
"Face to Face"
by Alabama
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single

March 12, 1988
Succeeded by
"Life Turned Her That Way"
by Ricky Van Shelton
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

March 12, 1988
Succeeded by
"This Missin' You Heart of Mine"
by Sawyer Brown
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