Crying My Heart Out Over You

"Crying My Heart Out Over You"
Single by Ricky Skaggs
from the album Waitin' for the Sun to Shine
B-side	"Lost to a Stranger"
Released	December 1981
Genre	Country
Length	2:58
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Lester Flatt Earl Scruggs Carl Butler Earl Sherry
Producer	Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs singles chronology
"You May See Me Walkin'" (1981) "Crying My Heart Out Over You" (1981) "I Don't Care" (1982)

"Crying My Heart Out Over You" is a 1982 single written by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Carl Butler, and Earl Sherry and recorded by Ricky Skaggs. "Crying My Heart Out Over You" would be Ricky Skaggs third country hit and the first of eleven number number one hits on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart ^[1]. "Crying My Heart Out Over You" was originally recorded by Flatt & Scruggs, whose version peaked at #21 in 1960.

Chart performance

Chart (1981–1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 315. 

Preceded by "The Clown" by Conway Twitty

Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single April 24, 1982

Succeeded by "Mountain Music" by Alabama