I May Never Get to Heaven
{{Infobox song
| name = I May Never Get to Heaven
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Conway Twitty
| album = Cross Winds
| B-side = Grand Ole Blues
| released = July 1979
| format =
| recorded = February 28, 1979
| studio = Woodland (Nashville, Tennessee)
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 2:52
| label = MCA
| writer = Bill Anderson
Buddy Killen
| producer = Conway Twitty, David Barnes
| prev_title = Don't Take It Away
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = Happy Birthday Darlin'
| next_year = 1979
}}
"I May Never Get to Heaven'" is a song written by Bill Anderson and Buddy Killen, and was originally recorded by Don Gibson in 1960 and released on the B-side of "Just One Time",{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1955161-Don-Gibson-Just-One-Time-I-May-Never-Get-To-Heaven|title=Don Gibson – Just One Time / I May Never Get To Heaven (1960, Vinyl)|access-date=25 December 2021|website=Discogs.com|year=1960 }}
Conway Twitty recording
In 1979, the song was recorded by American country music artist Conway Twitty in Studio B of Woodland Sound Studios in Nashville. It was released in July 1979 as the second single from his album Cross Winds. The song was Twitty's 22nd number one hit on the country chart. The song stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of 15 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=361}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| align="left"|Chart (1979)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak |
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| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Conway Twitty}} |
| align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
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=Year-end charts=
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!Chart (1979) !Position |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 30, 2021}}
|align="center"|20 |
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Other cover versions
- B.J. Thomas released a version in 1968 as the B-side to his Top 40 hit The Eyes of a New York Woman.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMzHHwEV31s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/LMzHHwEV31s |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=B. J. Thomas - "I May Never Get To Heaven" |publisher=YouTube |date=June 13, 2012 |access-date=October 15, 2016}}{{cbignore}}
- Wanda Jackson recorded the song in 1961 for her album Right Or Wrong.
- The song was notably covered by Aretha Franklin in 1967, on the album Take It Like You Give It, her final album for Columbia Records before moving to Atlantic Records.
References
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Category:Aretha Franklin songs
Category:Songs written by Bill Anderson (singer)
Category:Songs written by Buddy Killen
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