You've Still Got a Place in My Heart

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You've Still Got a Place in My Heart is an album by American country music artist George Jones released in 1984 on the Epic Records label.

Background

You've Still Got A Place In My Heart's was released the same year that Jones finally got sober at 52 years old. His wife told The Texas Monthly in 1994 that the first show Jones played sober in Birmigham, Alabama "was terrible. He was like a scared puppy. 'I can’t do it,' he said. 'I can’t go on.' He was begging and breaking down and dying for a drink. And when he got out there on that stage, and after the first song, he looked out to me in the audience, and he seemed like such a poor, lost, wounded soul that I burst into tears." Jones, who had been written off for dead countless times in the previous decade, stated to the Associated Press in June of that year, "All my life it seems like I’ve been running from something. If I knew what it was, maybe I could run in the right direction. But I always seem to end up going the other way." He persevered, however, and the singer managed the longest stretch of sobriety of his adult life, largely thanks to the support of his wife, who had also become his manager. The album cover, which featured the singer smiling into the camera, was the healthiest he had looked in years.

Recording

You've Still Got A Place In My Heart includes several remakes from earlier his career. The first of these, "I'm Ragged But I'm Right", had appeared on his very first LP Grand Ole Opry's New Star in 1957, while "Even The Bad Times Are Good" and "Come Sundown" (the latter a Kris Kristofferson song) had been recorded by Jones on the Musicor label. The title track, which peaked at number 3 - Jones's ninth top ten hit in four years - had been composed by Leon Payne, whom the singer had paid tribute to with an album of songs in 1971. Many of the songs are up-tempo and optimistic, especially the heartfelt "The Second Time Around", which sounds like a tribute by Jones to his wife. Jones also gives a Johnny Cash-spirited narration on the novelty "Courtin' In The Rain.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You've Still Got a Place in My Heart"	Leon Payne
2.	"From Strangers, To Lovers, To Friends"	Hillman Hall, Glenn Ray
3.	"(What Love Can Do) The Second Time Around"	Joe Chambers, Larry Jenkins
4.	"Come Sundown"	Kris Kristofferson
5.	"Even the Bad Times Are Good"	Carl Belew, Clyde Pitts
6.	"I'm Ragged but I'm Right"	George Jones
7.	"Courtin' in the Rain"	T. Texas Tyler
8.	"Loveshine"	Harlan Sanders
9.	"Your Lying Blue Eyes"	Ken McDuffie
10.	"Learning to Do Without Me"	A.L. "Doodle" Owens, Dennis Knutson, Buck Moore

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1984)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	17
Canadian RPM Country Albums	11

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1984	"You've Still Got a Place in My Heart"	3	6

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• George Jones' Official Website
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