"Make the World Go Away" | |
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Single by Ray Price | |
from the album Burning Memories | |
Released | 1963 |
Genre | Country |
Label | Columbia |
Writer(s) | Hank Cochran |
"Make the World Go Away" | ||||
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Single by Eddy Arnold | ||||
from the album My World | ||||
B-side | "Easy Way" | |||
Released | October 1965 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Writer(s) | Hank Cochran | |||
Producer(s) | Chet Atkins | |||
Eddy Arnold singles chronology | ||||
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"Make the World Go Away'" is a country-popular music song composed by Hank Cochran. It has become a Top 40 popular success three times: for Timi Yuro (during 1963), for Eddy Arnold (1965), and for the brother-sister duo Donny and Marie Osmond (1975). The original version of the song was recorded by Ray Price during 1963. It has remained a country crooner standard ever since.
Hank Cochran wrote the song while he was on a date at a movie theater 1960 when the film inspired him. He left the theater quickly, and by the time he got home fifteen minutes later had composed "Make the World Go Away." Ray Price recorded the song, and it scored No.2 on the Billboard country charts in 1963. The next year Eddy Arnold would make the song his signature hit, scoring No.1 on the country music charts and then in 1965 No.6 on the overall Billboard Hot 100 charts (his highest rated song ever).[3] Arnold would also record the song "I Want to Go with You". Cochran was already a successful songwriter, having written two successes for Patsy Cline: "I Fall to Pieces" (with Harlan Howard) and "She's Got You". "Make the World Go Away" was recorded first by Ray Price and was one of Price's first songs to feature an orchestra and female chorus, a trend that continued with other songs like "Burning Memories" and "For the Good Times". Price's album peaked at No.2 on the country charts and No.100 on the popular music charts.
Many artists have covered this song over the years, here are a few examples:
During 1963, Timi Yuro released a soul music version of the song from her album of the same name. A moderate success, the single reached No.24 on the Billboard U.S. Top 40 popular music chart and as much as No.11 on the Canadian charts.