I Wouldn't Change You If I Could

"I Wouldn't Change You If I Could"
Single by Ricky Skaggs
from the album Highways & Heartaches
B-side "One Way Rider"
Released January 17, 1983
Genre Country
Length 3:02
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Paul Jones
Arthur Q. Smith
Producer(s) Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs singles chronology
"Heartbroke"
(1982)		 "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could"
(1983)		 "Highway 40 Blues"
(1983)

"Heartbroke"
(1982)		 "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could"
(1983)		 "Highway 40 Blues"
(1983)

"I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" is a song written by Paul Jones and Arthur Q. Smith, and recorded by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs, as well as Reno & Smiley and Jim Eanes. It was released in January 1983 as the second single from the album Highways & Heartaches. "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" was Ricky Skaggs' fourth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.[1]

According to allmusic.com this song was originally written in 1959 by Smilin' Jim Eanes.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1983) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 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. 315.
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jim-eanes-mn0000340591
  3. ↑ "Ricky Skaggs Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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