Half the Way

"Half the Way" is a song written by Ralph Murphy and Bobby Wood, and recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in September 1979 as the first single from the album Miss the Mississippi.

After achieving major Country crossover success in 1977 with "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.", followed by a Top 20 Pop hit and No. 1 Country hit the next year ("Talking In Your Sleep"), Gayle attempted this new crossover piece of music.

After signing with Columbia Records in early 1979, Gayle immediately started recording for them. "Half the Way" was the first song recorded under her new record label. The song's up-tempo sound and Soft Rock-sounding melody, made the song reach Billboard's Top 20 chart, and even reaching the Top 15, peaking at No. 15 in 1979. The song also climbed to Billboard Magazine's No. 2 position on the Country charts,^[1] just missing the top spot. Like Gayle's other previous recordings, the song also hit the Adult Contemporary chart. "Half the Way" is one of Gayle's better-known Adult Contemporary hits, reaching the Top 10 at No. 9. Following "Half the Way"'s success, Gayle never achieved another Top 40 Pop hit on her own again. Her singles did chart outside the Pop Top 40 though following this, and also the Adult Contemporary chart.

Chart performance

Chart (1979)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	15
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	2
Canadian RPM Top Singles	56

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 131.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Come with Me" by Waylon Jennings	RPM Country Tracks number-one single December 8, 1979	Succeeded by "I Cheated Me Right Out of You" by Moe Bandy

Crystal Gayle

Albums Singles

Studio albums	Crystal Gayle Somebody Loves You Crystal We Must Believe in Magic When I Dream We Should Be Together Miss the Mississippi These Days Hollywood, Tennessee True Love Cage the Songbird Nobody Wants to Be Alone What If We Fall in Love (with Gary Morris) Straight to the Heart Nobody's Angel Ain't Gonna Worry Three Good Reasons Best Always Someday Crystal Gayle Sings the Heart and Soul of Hoagy Carmichael In My Arms All My Tomorrows

Compilation albums	I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes Classic Crystal Favorites Crystal Gayle's Greatest Hits

Specialty albums	One from the Heart (with Tom Waits) A Crystal Christmas

Video albums	Crystal Gayle in Concert Live! An Evening with Crystal Gayle

Notable singles	"Wrong Road Again" "Somebody Loves You" "I'll Get Over You" "You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (Till He Says Goodbye)" "I'll Do It All Over Again" "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" "Ready for the Times to Get Better" "Talking in Your Sleep" "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For" "When I Dream" "Half the Way" "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" "The Blue Side" "If You Ever Change Your Mind" "Too Many Lovers" "The Woman in Me" "You Never Gave Up on Me" "Livin' in These Troubled Times" "'Til I Gain Control Again" "Our Love Is on the Faultline" "Baby, What About You" "The Sound of Goodbye" "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" "Turning Away" "Me Against the Night" "Nobody Wants to Be Alone" "A Long and Lasting Love" "Cry" "Straight to the Heart" "Only Love Can Save Me Now" "Nobody's Angel"

Collaboration singles	"Makin' Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers Song)" (with Gary Morris) "Another World" (with Gary Morris)

Other singles	"You and I" (with Eddie Rabbitt)

Related articles	United Artists Records Columbia Records Elektra Records Warner Bros. Records Loretta Lynn Peggy Sue

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