Don't Toss Us Away
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| Single by Patty Loveless from the album Honky Tonk Angel |
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| A-side | Don't Toss Us Away | ||||
| B-side | I Won't Gamble With Your Love | ||||
| Released | 02/14/1989 | ||||
| Format | 7in vinyl single | ||||
| Recorded | 1988 | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Length | 4:11 | ||||
| Label | MCA Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Bryan MacLean | ||||
| Producer | Tony Brown | ||||
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Don't Toss Us Away is a single release by Patty Loveless, recorded at MCA/Nashville in the spring of 1988. It was included on her third album with MCA Records, Honky Tonk Angel, with the single being released in February 1989. It was the second single released from the album.
[edit] Background
This song was originally recorded by a group called "Lone Justice". Loveless and her brother, Roger Ramey, heard the song while driving with Tony Brown. All of them agreed it would be a good song for her to record, as the ballad fit her music skills quite well. Marie MacLean, songwriter Bryan MacLean's sister, at the studio. Marie told Loveless that she was singing/recording the song the way her brother had always intended.
When released, Loveless' recording of it went to #5 on the charts. The song charted for 17 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart, reaching #5 during the week of 6 May 1989.
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