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"I'll Leave This World Loving You" is a country music song written by Wayne Kemp and Mack Vickery. Kemp released it in 1980 on the Mercury Records label. He had previously recorded the song in 1974 for MCA Records, and used this version as the B-side to his 1974 single "Harlan County".[2]

"I'll Leave This World Loving You"
Single by Ricky Van Shelton
from the album Loving Proof
B-side	"Sometimes I Cry Myself to Sleep"
Released	August 14, 1988[1]
Recorded	January 19, 1988[1]
Genre	Country
Length	3:06
Label	Columbia Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Wayne Kemp and Mack Vickery
Producer(s)	Steve Buckingham
Ricky Van Shelton singles chronology
"Don't We All Have the Right" (1988) "I'll Leave This World Loving You" (1988) "From a Jack to a King" (1988)

The song was later covered by Ricky Van Shelton in 1988. It was released in August 1988 as the lead-off single from his album Loving Proof. It was the fourth consecutive Number One single of Shelton's career, as well as his first multi-week Number One.

Chart positions

Wayne Kemp

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3]	47

Ricky Van Shelton

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[5]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6]	60

References

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