I Don't Want to Be a Memory

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| name = I Don't Want to Be a Memory

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| type = single

| artist = Exile

| album = Exile

| B-side = After All These Years

| released = March 1984

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| genre = Country

| length = 3:42

| label = Epic

| writer = J.P. Pennington
Sonny LeMaire

| producer = Buddy Killen

| prev_title = Woke Up in Love

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Give Me One More Chance

| next_year = 1984

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"I Don't Want to Be a Memory" is a song written by J.P. Pennington and Sonny LeMaire, and recorded by American country music group Exile. It was released in March 1984 as the third single from the album Exile. The song was Exile's second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=118}}