I'm Already Taken

"I'm Already Taken"
Single by Steve Wariner
from the album Down in Tennessee
B-side"Daytime Dreamer"[1]
ReleasedApril 22, 1978
GenreCountry
Length3:19
LabelRCA Nashville #11173
Songwriter(s)Steve Wariner, Terry Ryan
Producer(s)Chet Atkins[2]
Steve Wariner singles chronology
"I'm Already Taken"
(1978) 		"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
(1978)
"I'm Already Taken"
Single by Steve Wariner
from the album Two Teardrops
B-side"Tattoos of Life"[1]
ReleasedJuly 3, 1999
GenreCountry
Length3:19
LabelCapitol Nashville #58786
Songwriter(s)Steve Wariner, Terry Ryan
Producer(s)Steve Wariner
Steve Wariner singles chronology
"Two Teardrops"
(1999) 		"I'm Already Taken"
(1999) 		"Been There"
(2000)

"I'm Already Taken" is the debut single by American country music artist Steve Wariner, released in April 1978. It peaked at number 63 on the U.S. Billboard country singles chart.[1] In 1999, Wariner re-recorded the song for his album Two Teardrops. He released this re-recording in July as that album's second single, taking to number 3 on the same chart, as well as number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

Wariner co-wrote the song when he was 23 years old. The rendition from Two Teardrops includes a backing vocal from his brother, Terry, who has also sung backing vocals in Wariner's road band.[3] Conway Twitty recorded the song on his 1981 album Mr. T. Conway's daughter Kathy Twitty provided the female backing vocals on his version.

  1. ^ a b c d Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 447–448. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ "Ramblin' Rhodes: Wariner fond of first song". The Augusta Chronicle. 17 July 1999. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  3. ^ Bessman, Jim (10 April 1999). "Wariner Follows High-Rising 'Heaven' with Capitol's 'Teardrops'". Billboard.