She Thinks I Still Care is a country song written by Dickey Lee and Steve Duffy.
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The song was recorded by multiple artists, including George Jones, Connie Francis, Anne Murray, Elvis Presley and Patty Loveless.
"She Thinks I Still Care" | ||||
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Single by George Jones | ||||
from the album Hits by George | ||||
B-side | "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" | |||
Released | April 14, 1962 | |||
Recorded | January 4, 1962 | |||
Studio | Bradley Film & Recording, Nashville | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:34 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dickey Lee, Steve Duffy | |||
Producer(s) | Pappy Daily | |||
George Jones singles discography singles chronology | ||||
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"He Thinks I Still Care" | ||||
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Single by Connie Francis | ||||
A-side | "I Was Such a Fool (To Fall in Love with You)" | |||
Released | September 1962 | |||
Recorded | June 18, 1962 | |||
Studio | Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:17 | |||
Label | MGM | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dickey Lee, Steve Duffy | |||
Producer(s) | Danny Davis, Jim Vienneau | |||
Connie Francis US singles chronology | ||||
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Single by Anne Murray | ||||
from the album Danny's Song | ||||
A-side | "You Won't See Me" | |||
Released | April 1974 | |||
Recorded | September 1972 | |||
Genre | Country, pop | |||
Label | Capitol 3867 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dickey Lee, Steve Duffy | |||
Producer(s) | Brian Ahern | |||
Anne Murray singles chronology | ||||
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According to Bob Allen's book George Jones: The Life and Times of a Honky Tonk Legend, Jones first heard the song when Jack Clement played it for him at Gulf Coast Studio in Beaumont, which Clement owned with Bill Hall. The song had been written by Dickey Lee Lipscomb and Steve Duffy, two professional songwriters under contract to Clement's publishing company, so Clement was eager for Jones to record it. According to Allen, Jones had little interest, responding, "I don't like it too much. It's got too many damn 'just becauses' in it. I don't think nobody really wants to hear that shit, do you?" Undeterred, both Clement and Hall continued to pitch the song to Jones. Raymond Nalley, brother of Gulf Coast session musician Luther Nalley, later recalled:
In his essay for 1994 Sony retrospective The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country, Rich Kienzle also states that Jones was underwhelmed by the song after Clement had "decided not to play George the tape but to sing him the song, altering the melody as he sang it to give it a stronger country feel." Jones himself always insisted he had no doubts about the song. Recalling his first impression of the tune, he insisted in the 1989 documentary Same Ole Me, "Boy, I just flipped! I said, 'Golly, lemme have this thing.'" In the 1994 video retrospective Golden Hits, he added, "It knocked me out. I couldn't wait to get into the studio." The song was released in April 1962, his first single release on United Artists after leaving Mercury, and it remained on the Billboard survey for twenty-three weeks, six of them at #1. In his autobiography I Lived to Tell It All, the singer wrote, "For years after I recorded it, the song was my most requested, and it became what people in my business call a 'career record,' the song that firmly establishes your identity with the public." The B-side, "Sometimes You Just Can't Win", reached No. 17 on the C&W chart. "She Thinks I Still Care" was one of seven records George would chart in 1962, and in the fall of 1963 he would travel to New York City and perform the song on Jimmy Dean's ABC network show.
In 1999, this version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Chart (1962) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) | 1 |
Chart (1962) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 18 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) | 57 |
Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) | 1 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 11 |
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