I'll Leave This World Loving You

"I'll Leave This World Loving You"
Single by Ricky Van Shelton
from the album Loving Proof
B-side"Sometimes I Cry Myself to Sleep"
ReleasedAugust 14, 1988[1]
RecordedJanuary 19, 1988[1]
GenreCountry
Length3:06
LabelColumbia Nashville
Songwriter(s)Wayne Kemp and Mack Vickery
Producer(s)Steve Buckingham
Ricky Van Shelton singles chronology
"Don't We All Have the Right"
(1988)
"I'll Leave This World Loving You"
(1988)
"From a Jack to a King"
(1988)

"I'll Leave This World Loving You" is a country music song written by Wayne Kemp and Mack Vickery. Kemp released it in 1980 on the Mercury Records label. He had previously recorded the song in 1974 for MCA Records, and used this version as the B-side to his 1974 single "Harlan County".[2]

The song was covered by Ronnie Milsap in 1975, on the album A Legend in My Time.

The song was covered by Mel Street on his 1977 self-titled album.

The song was later covered by Ricky Van Shelton in 1988. It was released in August 1988 as the lead-off single from his album Loving Proof. It was the fourth consecutive Number One single of Shelton's career, as well as his first multi-week Number One.

  1. ^ a b Greatest Hits Plus (CD). Ricky Van Shelton. Columbia Records. 1992. 52753.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.