"I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)"
Single by Skeeter Davis
from the album A Place in the Country
B-side"I Didn't Cry Today"
ReleasedNovember 1969
RecordedOctober 1, 1969
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
GenreCountry, Nashville Sound
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Ronny Light
Producer(s)Ronny Light
Skeeter Davis singles chronology
"Teach Me to Love You"
(1969)		 "I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)"
(1969)		 "Your Husband, My Wife"
(1970)

"I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)" is a song written by Ronny Light and recorded and released as a single in 1969 by American country artist, Skeeter Davis. A song by the same title was also written by Jay Miller much earlier in 1958 which The Kinks covered on their 1964 debut album.

The song was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States on October 1, 1969. The session was produced by Ronny Light as well.[1] The song was released as a single in November 1969, reaching the top-ten on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart in 1970.[2] Additionally, it became Davis' second single to chart on the Canadian RPM Country Songs chart. “I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)” reached #7. The song was her first top 10 country hit in Canada.[3] In 1970, the song was issued onto her studio album A Place in the Country.

Chart performance

Chart (1969-1970) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 9
CAN RPM Country Songs 7

References

  1. 1 2 "Skeeter Davis discography". Praguefrank's Country Discographies. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
  3. ↑ "Search results for "Skeeter Davis" under Country Songs". RPM. Retrieved 6 January 2014.



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