Before I'm Over You (song)

"Before I'm Over You"
"Before I'm Over You"
Single by Loretta Lynn
from the album Before I'm Over You
B-side	"Where Were You"
Released	October 1963
Recorded	5 February 1962
Studio	Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Honky tonk country
Length	2:30
Label	Decca
Songwriter(s)	Betty Sue Perry
Producer(s)	Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn singles chronology

"Before I'm Over You" is a song written by Betty Sue Perry that was originally recorded by American country artist Loretta Lynn. It was released as a single in October 1963 via Decca Records.

Background and reception

"Before I'm Over You" was recorded at Columbia's Bradley Studios in Nashville, Tennessee on February 5, 1962. The session was produced by the studio's co-founder, renowned country music producer Owen Bradley. It was Lynn's second recording session after signing with Decca Records in 1961.^[1]

"Before I'm Over You" reached number four on the Billboard Hot Country Singles survey in 1963. The song became her second top ten single under the Decca recording label. "Before I'm Over You" was Lynn's biggest hit single up until this point in 1963. It was included on her debut studio album in 1964, Before I'm Over You.^[2]

Track listings

7" vinyl single^[3]

"Before I'm Over You" – 2:26
"Where Were You" – 2:29

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1963)	Peak position
US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)^[2]	4

References

^ "Praguefrank's Country Discography 2: Loretta Lynn, part 1". Praguefrank. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
^ "Loretta Lynn -- Before I'm Over You/Who Were You (Vinyl)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

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[1] "Praguefrank's Country Discography 2: Loretta Lynn, part 1". Praguefrank. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

[Whitburn-2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.

[3] "Loretta Lynn -- Before I'm Over You/Who Were You (Vinyl)". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

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v t e Loretta Lynn singles
Albums Singles Discography with Conway Twitty
1960s	"I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" "Heartaches Meet Mr. Blues" "The Darkest Day" "I Walked Away from the Wreck" "Success" "World of Forgotten People" "The Other Woman" "Before I'm Over You" "Wine, Women and Song" "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be" (with Ernest Tubb) "Happy Birthday" "Blue Kentucky Girl" "Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" (with Ernest Tubb) "The Home You're Tearing Down" "Dear Uncle Sam" "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" "Don't Come Home A'Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" "Sweet Thang" (with Ernest Tubb) "If You're Not Gone Too Long" "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" "Fist City" "You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me)" "Your Squaw Is on the Warpath" "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" "Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out" (with Ernest Tubb) "To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)" "Wings Upon Your Horns"
1970s	"I Know How" "You Wanna Give Me a Lift" "Coal Miner's Daughter" "I Wanna Be Free" "You're Lookin' at Country" "One's on the Way" "Here I Am Again" "Rated "X"" "Love Is the Foundation" "Hey Loretta" "They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy" "Trouble in Paradise" "Shadrack, the Black Reindeer" "The Pill" "Home" "When the Tingle Becomes a Chill" "Red, White and Blue" "Somebody Somewhere (Don't Know What He's Missin' Tonight)" "She's Got You" "Why Can't He Be You" "Out of My Head and Back in My Bed" "Spring Fever" "We've Come a Long Way Baby" "I Can't Feel You Anymore" "I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind"
1980s	"Pregnant Again" "Naked in the Rain" "Cheatin' on a Cheater" "Somebody Led Me Away" "I Lie" "Making Love from Memory" "Breakin' It" "Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You" "Walking with My Memories" "Heart Don't Do This to Me" "Wouldn't It Be Great" "Just a Woman" "Who Was That Stranger" "Fly Away"
1990s– 2010s	"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette) "Country in My Genes" "Miss Being Mrs." "Portland Oregon" (with Jack White) "Coal Miner's Daughter" (with Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert) "Wouldn't It Be Great" (re-recorded version) "I Fall to Pieces" "Coal Miner's Daughter" (recitation)