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Winter in America is a 1976 song by Doug Ashdown, written by him and Jimmy Stewart. It was released as a single and on his album Winter in America (Festival Records / Infinity 1976). The song was a Top 20 hit song in Australia and The Netherlands.

Lyrics

The lyrics are set in the United States during December and describe a man whose partner left him for another. He expresses his heartache and sadness, though also hopes she's happier with him.[1]

Background

It was originally titled Leave Love Enough Alone and released in 1974, but failed to become a hit.[1][2] Only when he retitled it as Winter in America in 1976 it became a hit song in Australia, reaching #14 in Melbourne and #30 in Sydney. In 1978 it also became a hit song in Belgium[3] and the Netherlands.[4]

Winter in America has been covered by Marco Bakker (1984), Gerard Cox (1987), René Froger (1988) and in Dutch by The Kik (2014) as December.[5][6] Ashdown's original was also covered in 1994 by the Australian band The Robertson Brothers.

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