A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be

"A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be"
Single by Tanya Tucker
from the album Tanya
Released	July 29, 2002[1]
Genre	Country
Length	3:10
Label	Tuckertime/Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Roger Murrah, Jerry Laseter
Producer(s)	Barry Beckett, Jerry Laseter
Tanya Tucker singles chronology
"Ridin' Out the Heartache" (1997) "A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be" (2002) "Old Weakness (Coming On Strong)" (2003)

"A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be" is a song recorded by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. It was released in July 2002 as the first single from the album Tanya. The song reached #34 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[2] The song was written by Roger Murrah and Jerry Laseter.

Content

Nashville-based songwriter Roger Murrah wrote the song with Tanya Tucker's then-fiancé, Jerry Laseter. Laseter also co-produced the song with Barry Beckett, and Tucker released it through her own Tuckertime label.^[3]

Lyrically, the song is a woman telling an ex-lover that she will be "hard to forget". Deborah Evans Price of Billboard wrote of the song that Tucker "exudes all the sass and personality that made her a star at 13...and has carried her through three decades of hits."^[4]

Chart performance

Chart (2002)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5]	34

References

1. "R&R / Going for Adds" (PDF). American Radio History. R&R. July 26, 2002. p. 29. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 345.
3. Mario Tarradell (October 11, 2002). "Tanya Tucker shows softer side on new CD". The Times. pp. 19E. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
4. Deborah Evans Price (October 12, 2002). "Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 21.
5. "Tanya Tucker Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.