I Can't Win for Losin' You

"I Can't Win for Losin' You' is a song written by Robert Byrne and Rick Bowles and recorded by Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in November 1986 as the second single from the album Too Many Times. The song was Earl Thomas Conley's twelfth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.^[1]

Critical reception

Kip Kirby of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Conley "slips into a breathy, soulful voice in this R&B-flavored lament; underneath a devil-may-care exterior, he's paying dues for a love that got away."^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1986–1987)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 88.
↑ Billboard, November 22, 1986
↑ "Earl Thomas Conley – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Earl Thomas Conley.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Straight to the Heart" by Crystal Gayle	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single February 28, 1987	Succeeded by "Mornin' Ride" by Lee Greenwood

Earl Thomas Conley

Studio albums	Blue Pearl Fire and Smoke Somewhere Between Right and Wrong Don't Make It Easy for Me Treadin' Water Too Many Times The Heart of It All Yours Truly Perpetual Emotion Should've Been Over by Now

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits The Best 1 Greatest Hits 2 Essential Love Out Loud Super Hits Live at Billy Bob's Texas

Notable singles	"Silent Treatment" "Fire and Smoke" "Tell Me Why" "After the Love Slips Away" "Heavenly Bodies" "Somewhere Between Right and Wrong" "I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)" "Your Love's on the Line" "Holding Her and Loving You" "Don't Make It Easy for Me" "Angel in Disguise" "Chance of Lovin' You" "Honor Bound" "Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks)" "Nobody Falls Like a Fool" "Once in a Blue Moon" "Too Many Times" (with Anita Pointer) "I Can't Win for Losin' You" "That Was a Close One" "Right from the Start" "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)" "We Believe in Happy Endings" (with Emmylou Harris) "What I'd Say" "Love Out Loud" "You Must Not Be Drinking Enough" "Bring Back Your Love to Me "Shadow of a Doubt" "Hard Days and Honky Tonk Nights"

Guest singles	"All Tangled Up in Love" (with Gus Hardin) "Brotherly Love" (with Keith Whitley)

Related articles	Discography RCA Records "This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me" "All Over Me"

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