- I'll Get Over You
Infobox Single
Name = I'll Get Over You
Caption = Crystal Gayle on the cover of 1976 album Somebody Loves You
Artist =Crystal Gayle
from Album = "Somebody Loves You "
A-side =
B-side =
Released = March 1976 (U.S.)
Format =
Recorded = 1975
Genre =Country Music
Length = 3:33
Label =United Artists Records 781
Writer = Richard Leigh
Producer = Allen Reynolds
Certification =
Chart position =- #1 (Billboard Hot Country Singles)
Last single = "Somebody Loves You "
(1975)
This single = "I'll Get Over You"
(1976)
Next single = "One More Time (Karneval)"
(1976)
Misc =I'll Get Over You was a song made famous by
country music singerCrystal Gayle . Written by Richard Leigh, the song became Gayle's first No. 1 country hit in 1976.In the mid 1970s,
Crystal Gayle was trying to establish a recording career inCountry Music . Gayle wanted one that was nearly as big as her sister's (her sister was none other than the Country legendLoretta Lynn ) career. It was the help of her sister that helpled produce Gayle's first single called "I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes."However, it was the help of songwriter Richard Leigh who helped her gain control of her career. He wrote her first two big hits "Wrong Road Again" and "Somebody Loves You". In 1976, Gayle finally released "I'll Get Over You." The song in fact, became Gayle's first #1 hit and the song made Gayle a household name overnight.
That same year, "I'll Get Over You" was released on her 1976 album "
Somebody Loves You ". Even today, after Gayle had scored over 15 number-one hits, "I'll Get Over You" remains as one of her best-known songs.ource
*Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.
- #1 (Billboard Hot Country Singles)
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