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A Long and Lasting Love

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"A Long and Lasting Love"
Single by Crystal Gayle
from the album Nobody Wants to Be Alone
B-side"Someone Like You"
ReleasedAugust 10, 1985
GenreCountry
Length3:24
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Michael Masser
Crystal Gayle singles chronology
"Nobody Wants to Be Alone"
(1985)
"A Long and Lasting Love"
(1985)
"Makin' Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers Song)"
(1986)

"A Long and Lasting Love" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser and first recorded by Jane Olivor on her 1980 album, The Best Side of Goodbye. The following year, Billy Preston and Syreeta recorded it on their 1981 album, Billy Preston & Syreeta with slight changes in the lyrics. The song is best known from the cover recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in August 1985 as the second single from the album Nobody Wants to Be Alone. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]

Chart performance

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Chart (1985) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 5

Other cover versions

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  • Glenn Medeiros covered this song with some changes in lyrics and entitled, "Long and Lasting Love (Once in a Lifetime)".
  • Cantopop artist Vivian Chow also covered this song in her native Cantonese, retaining the "A Long and Lasting Love" line in English.

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 132.
  2. ^ "Crystal Gayle Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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