A Picture of Me (Without You) (song)
{{Short description|1972 single by George Jones}}
{{for|the song by Cole Porter|Jubilee (musical)}}
{{Infobox song
| name = A Picture of Me (Without You)
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = George Jones
| album = A Picture of Me (Without You)
| B-side = Man Worth Loving You
| released = October 1972
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length =
| label = Epic
| writer = Norro Wilson
George Richey
| producer = Billy Sherrill
| prev_title = Wrapped Around Her Finger
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = What My Woman Can't Do
| next_year = 1973
}}
{{Infobox song
| name = A Picture of Me (Without You)
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Lorrie Morgan
| album = Something in Red
| B-side = Tears on My Pillow
| released = June 1991
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:39
| label = RCA Nashville
| writer = Norro Wilson
George Richey
| producer = Richard Landis
| prev_title = We Both Walk
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Except for Monday
| next_year = 1991
}}
"A Picture of Me (Without You)" is a country music song written by Norro Wilson and George Richey.
Background
According to Rich Kienzle's liner notes for the 1994 Sony retrospective The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country, the song was written specifically for Jones with co-writer Norro Wilson singing the song for George "imitating the Jones style to show how he wanted it sung. Even with the string arrangement, the country feel remained undiminished". The song is similar to an older Webb Pierce song called "That's Me Without You". It was originally recorded by Jones, whose version peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1972. In his 1995 autobiography I Lived to Tell It All, Jones quoted lines from the song to describe his own sadness at the passing of his brother-in-law W.T. "Dub" Scroggins in 1993.
The song was covered by Lorrie Morgan on her 1991 album Something in Red. Morgan's version was released as the album's second single in June 1991 and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in November 1991.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lorrie morgan|chart=Country Songs}} Lorrie Morgan Hot Country Songs Chart History]
Content
In the song, the narrator tells his lover to imagine incomplete things, like "a world where no music is playing, a church where nobody's praying, a sky with no blue, and by seeing this, she can see his picture without her by his side.
Other versions
The song was also recorded in 2007, as a duet, by Vern Gosdin and Kimber Sparks; Teddy Thompson recorded this song on his album My Love of Country in 2023
Chart performance
=George Jones=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1972) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|5|artist=George Jones}} |
| align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks
|align="center"|13 |
=Lorrie Morgan=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1991) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Canadacountry|6|chartid=1682|publishdate=November 23, 1991|accessdate=August 16, 2013}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|9|artist=Lorrie Morgan}} |
==Year-end charts==
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col"|Chart (1991)
!scope="col"|Position |
|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.1700&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991|work=RPM|date=December 21, 1991|access-date=August 16, 2013}}
| align="center" | 95 |
References
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{{George Jones singles}}
{{Lorrie Morgan}}
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Category:Songs written by Norro Wilson
Category:Songs written by George Richey