| "Honey" | ||||
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| Single by Bobby Goldsboro | ||||
| from the album Honey | ||||
| B-side | "Danny" | |||
| Released | February 17, 1968[1] | |||
| Recorded | January 30, 1968[1] | |||
| Studio | RCA Studio B, Nashville[1] | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bobby Russell | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Montgomery | |||
| Bobby Goldsboro singles chronology | ||||
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"Honey", also known as "Honey (I Miss You)", is a song written by Bobby Russell. He first produced it with former Kingston Trio member Bob Shane, who was the first to release the song. It was then given to American singer Bobby Goldsboro, who recorded it for his 1968 album of the same name, originally titled Pledge of Love. Goldsboro's version was a hit, reaching No. 1 in several countries.[2]
In the song, the narrator mourns his absent wife, and the song begins with him looking at a tree in their garden, remembering how "it was just a twig" on the day she planted it. Only in the third verse is it finally revealed that "one day...the angels came," and that his wife had died.
- ^ a b c "You've come a long way Bobby.", Billboard, October 5, 1974. p. BG-20. Accessed December 3, 2015.
- ^ King, Grant (February 2, 2018). "Back in 1968, this was a No.1 Hit, "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro". countrythangdaily.com.