Farewell Party

{{for|the 2014 Israeli film|The Farewell Party}} {{Infobox song | name = Farewell Party | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Gene Watson | album = Reflections | B-side = I Don't Know How to Tell Her (She Don't Love Me Anymore) | released = February 17, 1979 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 4:05 | label = Capitol | writer = Lawton Williams | producer = Russ Reeder | prev_title = One Sided Conversation | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = Pick the Wildwood Flower | next_year = 1979 }} "'''Farewell Party'''" is a song written by Lawton Williams. Lawton also had the original recording in 1960. Little Jimmy Dickens recorded the song in 1961. It was also recorded by American country music artists Johnny Bush and Waylon Jennings, as well as Gene Watson. Watson's cover was released in February 1979 as the second single from the album ''Reflections''. The song reached #5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=374}}</ref>

==Cover versions==

* Alan Jackson on his 1999 album ''Under the Influence'' * Joe Nichols on his 2004 album ''Revelation'' * Heidi Hauge on her 2004 album ''Country Jewels''

==Charts==

===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1979) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|5|artist=Gene Watson}} |- |align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks |align="center"|9 |}

===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable" !Chart (1979) !Position |- |US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979|work=Billboard|accessdate=July 30, 2021}}</ref> |align="center"|29 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:1979 singles Category:1979 songs Category:Gene Watson songs Category:Alan Jackson songs Category:Joe Nichols songs Category:Capitol Records singles Category:Songs written by Lawton Williams