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"
ReleasedNovember 1987
GenreCountry, Western swing
Length2:24
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville 28286
Songwriter(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.

Charts

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

Weekly charts

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

Year-end charts

Chart (1988) Position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[3] 18
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 15

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 (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Top 100 Country Singles of '88" (PDF). RPM. December 24, 1988. p. 15.
  4. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved July 10, 2021.


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