Atta Way to Go

"Atta Way To Go"
Single by Don Williams
from the album Don Williams Volume Two
B-side"I Recall a Gypsy Woman"
ReleasedNovember 17, 1973
Recorded1973
StudioJack Clements Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length2:46
LabelJMI
Songwriter(s)Don Williams
Producer(s)Allen Reynolds
Don Williams singles chronology
"Come Early Morning"
(1973) 		"Atta Way To Go"
(1973) 		"We Should Be Together"
(1974)

"Atta Way To Go" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Don Williams. It was in November 1973 as the first single from the album Don Williams Volume Two.[1][2][3] The single would reach number thirteen on the Billboard hot country chart.[4] The track was produced by Allen Reynolds, who also produced Williams' previous top 20 chart hits.[2]

A song from Don Williams Volume One called "I Recall A Gypsy Woman" written by Williams, along with Allen Reynolds and Bob McDill, was the b-side for the single.[4]

Many of Williams' best known songs would be written by other composers (including Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds and Al Turney) and this single release was notable in that it was one of the few of Williams' self-penned tunes to be a charting single.[5]

"Atta Way to Go" is considered one of the early hits that helped establish the Don Williams sound that made him a success throughout the 1970s.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1973) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 13

References

  1. ^ a b Betts, Stephen (September 1, 2015). "Country Icon Don Williams to Headline Fall Tour". Rolling Stone.
  2. ^ a b Erlewine, Michael (1997). All Music Guide To Country: The Experts' Guide to the Best Recordings in Country Music. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 509. ISBN 9780879304751.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music. Virgin. p. 490. ISBN 9781852279479.
  4. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  5. ^ Morris, Edward (September 8, 2017). "Country Music Hall of Fame Member Don Williams Dead at Age 78". CMT. Archived from the original on September 9, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  6. ^ "Don Williams Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.