Sing Me Back Home (song)

"Sing Me Back Home"
Single by Merle Haggard and The Strangers
from the album Sing Me Back Home
ReleasedNovember 1967
GenreCountry
Length2:51
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Merle Haggard
Producer(s)Ken Nelson
Merle Haggard and The Strangers singles chronology
"Branded Man"
(1967)
"Sing Me Back Home"
(1967)
"The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde"
(1968)

"Sing Me Back Home" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in November 1967 as the first single and title track from the album Sing Me Back Home. The song was Merle Haggard and The Strangers third number one. The single spent two weeks at number one and a total of 17 weeks on the country chart.[1] In 2019, Rolling Stone ranked "Sing Me Back Home" No. 32 on its list of the 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time.[2]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 146.
  2. ^ Kreps, Daniel; Menconi, David; Ryan, Linda; Harvilla, Rob; Murray, Nick; Drell, Cady; Powell, Mike; Moss, Marissa R.; Harris, Keith; Fischer, Reed (September 17, 2019). "40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone.