| "A Lesson in Leavin'" | ||||
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| Single by Dottie West | ||||
| from the album Special Delivery | ||||
| B-side | "Love's So Easy for Two" | |||
| Released | February 1980 | |||
| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Length | 3:02 | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Randy Goodrum Brent Maher | |||
| Producer(s) | Larry Butler | |||
| Dottie West singles chronology | ||||
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"A Lesson in Leavin'", also titled as "Lesson in Leavin"', is a song written by Randy Goodrum and Brent Maher. It was originally recorded in 1979 by American country music singer, Dottie West, for her Special Delivery album.
Following several hit duets with Kenny Rogers including three chart-toppers, as well as many more years of solo chart action, including her top five smash "Country Sunshine" the song went to No. 1 on the Billboard Country Chart in 1980, giving West her first solo chart topper. In 1999, it was re-recorded by American country music singer, Jo Dee Messina, whose version spent seven weeks at No. 2 on the same chart. Messina recorded the song as a tribute to West who died in 1991.