# Farewell Party

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{{for|the 2014 Israeli film|The Farewell Party}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Farewell Party
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Gene Watson](/source/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](/source/Country_music)
| length     = 4:05
| label      = [Capitol](/source/Capitol_Records)
| writer     = [Lawton Williams](/source/Lawton_Williams)
| producer   = Russ Reeder
| prev_title = One Sided Conversation
| prev_year  = 1978
| next_title = [Pick the Wildwood Flower](/source/Pick_the_Wildwood_Flower)
| next_year  = 1979
}}
"'''Farewell Party'''" is a song written by [Lawton Williams](/source/Lawton_Williams). Lawton also had the original recording in 1960. [Little Jimmy Dickens](/source/Little_Jimmy_Dickens) recorded the song in 1961. It was also recorded by American [country music](/source/country_music) artists [Johnny Bush](/source/Johnny_Bush) and [Waylon Jennings](/source/Waylon_Jennings), as well as [Gene Watson](/source/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](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Hot Country Singles & Tracks](/source/Hot_Country_Songs) 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](/source/Alan_Jackson) on his 1999 album ''[Under the Influence](/source/Under_the_Influence_(Alan_Jackson_album))''
* [Joe Nichols](/source/Joe_Nichols) on his 2004 album ''[Revelation](/source/Revelation_(Joe_Nichols_album))''
* [Heidi Hauge](/source/Heidi_Hauge) on her 2004 album ''[Country Jewels](/source/Country_Jewels_(Heidi_Hauge_album))''

==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}}

{{Gene Watson}}

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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

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