Never Be You

"Never Be You"
Single by Rosanne Cash
from the album Rhythm & Romance
B-side	"Closing Time"
Released	September 1985
Genre	Country
Length	3:28
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Benmont Tench Tom Petty
Producer	David Malloy Rodney Crowell David Thoener
Rosanne Cash singles chronology
"I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" (1985) "Never Be You" (1985) "Hold On" (1986)

"Never Be You" is a 1985 single written by Tom Petty and Benmont Tench and recorded by Rosanne Cash. "Never Be You" was Rosanne Cash's fifth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 16 weeks on the chart ^[1]. "Never Be You" was first released in 1983 by Maria McKee and appeared on the "Streets of Fire" film soundtrack album; Cash recorded a version for the film, but her version was not used (Cash's original version was released for the first time on her 2005 compilation "The Very Best of Rosanne Cash").

Chart performance

Chart (1985–1986)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 77. 

Preceded by "Bop" by Dan Seals	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single January 25, 1986	Succeeded by "Just in Case" by The Forester Sisters
Preceded by "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" by Ronnie Milsap	Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single of the year 1986	Succeeded by "Give Me Wings" by Michael Johnson