The Bottle Let Me Down

"The Bottle Let Me Down"
Single by Merle Haggard and The Strangers
from the album Swinging Doors
B-side"The Longer You Wait"
ReleasedAugust 1, 1966
StudioCapitol (Hollywood, California)
GenreCountry
Length2:45
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Merle Haggard
Producer(s)Ken Nelson
Fuzzy Owen
Merle Haggard and The Strangers singles chronology
"Swinging Doors"
(1966)
"The Bottle Let Me Down"
(1966)
"The Fugitive"
(1966)

"The Bottle Let Me Down" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in August 1966 as the second single from the album Swinging Doors. The song peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles.[1]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 146.