She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye

"She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye"

Single by Jerry Lee Lewis

from the album She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye

B-side

"Echoes"

Released

September 1969

Doug Gilmore
Mickey Newbury

Jerry Lee Lewis singles chronology

"Invitation to Your Party"
(1969)

"She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye"
(1969)

"One Minute Past Eternity"
(1969)

"She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" is a song written by Doug Gilmore and Mickey Newbury, and recorded by American country music artist Jerry Lee Lewis. Released in September 1969, it was the first single from his album She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.^[2]

Newbury's recording of the song was included on his groundbreaking 1969 album Looks Like Rain. Kenny Rogers and The First Edition also recorded the track on their best-selling album Something's Burning.

A cover by Ronnie Milsap peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1975.^[3]

Chart performance

Jerry Lee Lewis

Chart (1969)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Ronnie Milsap

Chart (1975)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	15

References

↑ "Jerry Lee Lewis singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
↑ "RPM Country Singles for December 13, 1969". RPM. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
↑ "Ronnie Milsap singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 March 2011.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Try a Little Kindness" by Glen Campbell	RPM Country Tracks number-one single December 13, 1969	Succeeded by "Diggy Liggy Lo" by Doug Kershaw

Jerry Lee Lewis

Studio albums	Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee's Greatest Last Man Standing Mean Old Man Soul My Way Southern Roots: Back Home to Memphis The Golden Cream of the Country Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano?

Collaborations	Class of '55 (with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison) Million Dollar Quartet (with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley)

Live albums	Live at the Star Club, Hamburg The Survivors Live Last Man Standing Live

Soundtrack albums	Jamboree (1957) American Hot Wax (1978) Great Balls of Fire! (1989) Dick Tracy (1990)

Compilation albums	All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology

Songs	"Baby Baby Bye Bye" "Baby, Hold Me Close" "Breathless" "Chantilly Lace" "Cold, Cold Heart" "Come as You Were" "Crazy Arms" "Don't Let Me Cross Over" (with Linda Gail Lewis) "Down the Line" "End of the Road" "Great Balls of Fire" "Hi Heel Sneakers" "High School Confidential" "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" "In the Mood" "Invitation to Your Party" "It'll Be Me" "Jackson" (with Linda Gail Lewis) "Lewis Boogie" "Me and Bobby McGee" "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" "One Minute Past Eternity" "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" "She Still Comes Around (to Love What's Left of Me)" "Sixteen Candles" "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" "Sweet Little Sixteen" "There Must Be More to Love Than This" "To Make Love Sweeter For You" "Turn On Your Love Light" "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" "What'd I Say" "When He Walks on You (Like You Have Walked On Me)" "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" "Would You Take Another Chance on Me" "You Win Again"

Filmography	Jamboree (1957) High School Confidential (1958) American Hot Wax (1978)

Family	Mickey Gilley Linda Gail Lewis Carl McVoy Jimmy Swaggart

Related articles	Discography Great Balls of Fire! Walk the Line Kenny Lovelace Mack Vickery

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