She's All I Got

"She's All I Got"
Single by Freddie North
from the album Friend
Released	1971
Genre	Pop
Label	Mankind
Writer(s)	Gary U.S. Bonds, Jerry Williams, Jr.
Freddie North singles chronology
"She's All I Got" (1971) "You and Me (Together Forever)" (1971)

"She's All I Got" is a moderate up-tempo song written by Gary U.S. Bonds and Jerry Williams, Jr. in which the male narrator pleads to someone else not to take away his lover. It has been recorded by several artists. The first version, released in 1971 by Freddie North, was a Top 40 U.S. pop hit, and a version by Johnny Paycheck was a #2 U.S. country hit that same year. A second country music version was released on Conway Twitty's 1972 Decca LP I Can't See Me Without You. Yet another cover titled "Don't Take Her She's All I've Got" was released by Tracy Byrd, whose version reached #4 on the U.S. and Canadian country singles charts.

Freddie North version

Freddie North was the first artist to record the song, doing so on his album Friend. The only single from this album, it peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on Black Singles (now Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs). It was the only chart single of North's career.

Chart positions

Chart (1971)	Peak position[1]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	39
U.S. Billboard Black Singles	10

Johnny Paycheck version

"She's All I Got"
Single by Johnny Paycheck
from the album She's All I Got
B-side	"You Touched My Life"[2]
Released	1971
Genre	Country
Length	2:54
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Gary "U.S." Bonds, Jerry Williams
Producer	Billy Sherrill
Johnny Paycheck singles chronology
"Wildfire" (1971) "She's All I Got" (1971) "Someone to Give My Love To" (1971)

Johnny Paycheck's version was released in 1971 from his album of the same name. The song spent nineteen weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart, reaching a peak of number 2. It was also a number 91 single on the Billboard Hot 100, his only entry there.^[2]

Chart positions

Chart (1971)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	91
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2

Tracy Byrd version

"Don't Take Her She's All I Got"
Single by Tracy Byrd
from the album Big Love
B-side	"I Love You, That's All"[3]
Released	January 1997
Genre	Country
Length	3:26
Label	MCA Nashville
Writer(s)	Gary "U.S." Bonds Jerry Williams
Producer	Tony Brown
Tracy Byrd singles chronology
"Big Love" (1996) "Don't Take Her She's All I Got" (1997) "Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine" (1997)

Tracy Byrd's version, retitled "Don't Take Her She's All I Got", is the second single released from his 1996 album Big Love. It peaked at #4 on both the U.S. and Canadian country singles charts in 1997.

Chart positions

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	4
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	4

References

1. ^ "Freddie North singles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p25309/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2009-05-05. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 319. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
3. ^ Whitburn, p. 73