"I Won't Be Home No More" is a song recorded by Hank Williams on July 11, 1952. It was released posthumously on MGM Records a year later in July 1953. The song climbed to No. 4 on the US Billboard National Best Sellers chart.[2]
| "I Won't Be Home No More" | ||||
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| Single by Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys | ||||
| B-side | "My Love for You (Has Turned to Hate)" | |||
| Published | September 15, 1952 (1952-09-15) Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc.[1] | |||
| Released | July 1953 | |||
| Recorded | July 11, 1952 | |||
| Studio | Castle Studio, Nashville | |||
| Genre | Country & Western, Honky-tonk, Country blues | |||
| Length | 2:44 | |||
| Label | MGM | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Hank Williams | |||
| Producer(s) | Fred Rose | |||
| Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys singles chronology | ||||
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It was recorded at the same session that produced "You Win Again" and has a similar theme, albeit in a more blithesome tone, that probably reflects Hank's bitterness towards his ex-wife Audrey Williams (Hank and Audrey were legally divorced the day before the session). As Colin Escott notes, "Even though it's suppose [sic] to be a lighthearted song, Hank seems vindictive, even spiteful."[3] It was recorded at Castle Studio in Nashville with Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Don Helms (steel guitar), and Harold Bradley (rhythm guitar), while it is speculated that Chet Atkins played lead guitar and Ernie Newton played bass.[4]