Easy Come – Easy Go
{{About|the Bill Anderson song|other uses|Easy Come Easy Go (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Easy Come – Easy Go
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bill Anderson
| album = Bill Anderson Sings
| A-side = "Five Little Fingers"
| released = {{Start date|1963|12}}
| recorded = November 26, 1963
| studio = Bradley Studio
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Country|Nashville Sound{{cite web |title=Bill Anderson Sings: Bill Anderson: Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bill-anderson-sings-mw0000868292 |website=Allmusic |access-date=25 July 2020}}}}
| length = {{duration|m=3|s=00}}
| label = Decca
| writer = Bill Anderson
| producer = Owen Bradley
| prev_title = 8×10
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = Me
| next_year = 1964
}}
"Easy Come – Easy Go" is a song written and first recorded by American country singer-songwriter Bill Anderson. It was released as a single in 1963 via Decca Records and became a major hit.
Background and release
"Easy Come – Easy Go" was recorded on November 26, 1963, at the Bradley Studio, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions were produced by Owen Bradley, who would serve as Anderson's producer through most of years with Decca Records. The single's A-side and its follow-up single was also recorded at the same session.{{cite journal |last1=Anderson |first1=Bill |title=Bill Anderson Sings (Album Information and Liner Notes) |journal=Decca Records |date=February 1964}}
"Easy Come – Easy Go" was released as the B-side to his single "Five Little Fingers." It was issued by Decca Records in December 1963.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc.|year=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} It spent a total of 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart before reaching number 14 in May 1964.{{cite magazine |title="Easy Come Easy Go" chart history |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bill-anderson/chart-history/csi/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=25 July 2020}} It was later released on his 1964 studio album Bill Anderson Sings.
Track listings
Chart performance
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| scope="col"| Chart (1963–64)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|14|artist=Bill Anderson|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 22, 2020}} |
References
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Category:Bill Anderson (singer) songs
Category:Decca Records singles