Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For

"Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For"
Single by Crystal Gayle
from the album When I Dream
B-side"Cry Me a River"
ReleasedDecember 2, 1978
GenreCountry
Length2:52
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriter(s)Mark True
Producer(s)Allen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle singles chronology
"Talking in Your Sleep"
(1978) 		"Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For"
(1978) 		"When I Dream"
(1979)

"Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For" is a song written by Mark True, and recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in October 1978 as the second single from the album When I Dream. The song was Gayle's sixth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for two weeks (Jan. 26 & Feb. 3, 1979) and spent a total of ten weeks on the country chart.[1]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 131.