Too Gone Too Long

{{For|the En Vogue song|Too Gone, Too Long}} {{Infobox song | name = Too Gone Too Long | cover = Randy Travis - Too Gone.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Randy Travis | album = Always & Forever | B-side = My House | released = November 1987 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country, Western swing | length = 2:24 | label = Warner Bros. Nashville 28286 | writer = Gene Pistilli | producer = Kyle Lehning | prev_title = I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever) | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = I Told You So | next_year = 1988 }} '''"Too Gone Too Long"''' is a song written by Gene Pistilli, and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in November 1987 as the third single from his album ''Always & Forever''. It peaked at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks, becoming his fifth number 1 hit in the United States. It also topped the Canadian ''RPM'' country Tracks chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=351}}</ref>

==Content== When a former love reappears, the narrator tells her that since her departure he has found someone new. As badly as he missed the former love at first, she has been away for such a long time that the relationship cannot be renewed.

==Charts== "Too Gone Too Long" spent the week of March 12, 1988 at the top of both country singles chart.

===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1987–1988) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Randy Travis}} |- |align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks |align="center"|1 |}

===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable" !Chart (1988) !Position |- |align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/80s/1988/RPM-1988-12-24.pdf|title=Top 100 Country Singles of '88|work=RPM|page=15|date=December 24, 1988}}</ref> |align="center"|18 |- |US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 10, 2021}}</ref> |align="center"|15 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:1987 singles Category:1987 songs Category:Randy Travis songs Category:Song recordings produced by Kyle Lehning Category:Warner Records singles