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"Let's Take the Long Way Around the World" is a song written by Archie Jordan and Naomi Martin, and recorded by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in September 1978 as the second single from the album Only One Love in My Life. The song was Milsap's eleventh number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent ten weeks on the chart.[1] In 1979, Kenny Rogers and Dottie West recorded this song as a duet. The recording was not released as a single. The album is titled "Classics".[2]

"Let's Take the Long Way Around the World"
Single by Ronnie Milsap
from the album Only One Love in My Life
B-side	"I'm Not Trying to Forget"
Released	September 2, 1978
Genre	Country
Length	3:27
Label	RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Archie Jordan, Naomi Martin
Producer(s)	Tom Collins, Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap singles chronology
"Only One Love in My Life" (1978) "Let's Take the Long Way Around the World" (1978) "Back on My Mind Again" (1979)

Chart performance

Chart (1978)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

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