Going Where the Lonely Go (song)

1982 single by Merle Haggard

"Going Where the Lonely Go" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers. It was released in October 1982 as the first single and title track from the album Going Where the Lonely Go. The song was his twenty-eighth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.^[1]

Personnel

• Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar

The Strangers:

• Roy Nichols – guitar, harmonica
• Norm Hamlet – steel guitar, dobro
• Tiny Moore – fiddle, mandolin
• Bobby Wayne – guitar, background vocals
• Mark Yeary – piano
• Jimmy Belkin – fiddle
• Dennis Hromek – bass
• Biff Adam – drums
• Don Markham – trumpet, saxophone

Charts

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 148.
2. "Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
3. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1983". Billboard. Retrieved June 18, 2021.