Quittin' Time

{{Infobox song

| name = Quittin' Time

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Mary Chapin Carpenter

| album = State of the Heart

| B-side = Heroes and Heroines

| released = {{Start date|1990|01|06}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Country

| length = 3:52

| label = Columbia

| writer = Robb Royer, Roger Linn

| producer = Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Jennings

| prev_title = Never Had It So Good

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Something of a Dreamer

| next_year = 1990

}}

"Quittin' Time" is a song written by Robb Royer and Roger Linn, and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released in January 1990 as the third single from the album State of the Heart. The song reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 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=69}}

Content

The song is about a relationship that has failed, with the narrator describing the end of the relationship as "quittin' time".

Critical reception

A review in Billboard was positive, stating that the song was "A spirited but rueful acknowledgment of love gone stale" and had a "clean, insistent instrumental sound" similar in concept to its predecessor, "Never Had It So Good".{{cite magazine | url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-12-16.pdf | title=Reviews | magazine=Billboard | pages=73 |date=December 16, 1989}}

Chart performance

class="wikitable sortable"

!align="left"|Chart (1990)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Canadacountry|8|chartid=9069|publishdate=March 31, 1990|access-date=August 23, 2013}}

{{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|7|artist=Mary Chapin Carpenter}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
scope="col"\|Chart (1990) !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=nlc008388.9172&type=1&interval=24\|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990\|work=RPM\|date=December 22, 1990\|access-date=August 23, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 83
US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine \| url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/hot-country-songs\| title=Best of 1990: Country Songs \| magazine=Billboard \| publisher=Prometheus Global Media \| date=1990\| access-date=August 23, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 70

class="wikitable sortable"

scope="col"|Chart (1990)

!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=nlc008388.9172&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990|work=RPM|date=December 22, 1990|access-date=August 23, 2013}}

| align="center" | 83

US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1990: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1990| access-date=August 23, 2013}}

| align="center" | 70

References

Category:1990 singles

Category:Mary Chapin Carpenter songs

Category:Songs written by Robb Royer

Category:Columbia Records singles

Category:1989 songs