"There Goes My Everything" is a popularsong written by Dallas Frazier and published in 1965.[2] "There Goes My Everything" is now considered a country music standard, covered by many artists.
Jack Greene recording
The song is best known in a 1966 version by Jack Greene whose version spent seven weeks at the top of the US country music chart, with a total of 21 weeks on the chart.[3] It peaked at 65 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] It was Jack Greene's only crossover hit. The song also won several awards, including "Single of the Year" and "Song of the Year" at the first CMA Awards presentation. In addition, the accompanying album of the same title won "Album of the Year", and Greene won "Male Vocalist of the Year".
Content
The song is about a couple who are splitting up, but why is a mystery. The singer says that he can hear a voice refer to him as "darling", which seems an unlikely address when a couple are bitterly splitting up. The song describes the narrator's feelings as his lover is leaving him. He comes to realize how much she meant to him now that he is losing her — "There goes my reason for living/There goes the one of my dreams/There goes my only possession/There goes my everything".
In 1971, Elvis Presley hit the top ten on the country charts with his version which is also featured on the album Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old). Presley's version also reached No. 6 in the UK chart.[9]
In Sweden, Stig Anderson, the manager of Polar Music had gained the rights to publish the song in Swedish under the name "En Gång Är Ingen Gång" (Translation: One Time Is No Time At All). The lyrics were about the separation of two lovers.[10] The Hootenanny Singers released their version in July 1967[11] in Sweden and Norway, after Humperdinck had released his version. During this period of time, the Hootenanny Singers, who originally played folk music had become more pop-orientated, due to the audience response.[11] "En Gång Är Ingen Gång" was released after their hit song "En Sång En Gång För Längesen" left the Svensktoppen[12] and Kvällstoppen charts,[13] with the hope of this single having a similar success.[11] "En Gång Är Ingen Gång" did not have the same success and failed to chart. The song was included in their upcoming album Civila as the closing track in October 1967.
Future ABBA member Anni-Frid Lyngstad recorded her version of "En Gång Är Ingen Gång" on 12 July 1971, with strings and horn overdubbed on 23 July 1971.[10] "En Gång Är Ingen Gång" was released as a single on 9 August 1971. This was Lyngstad’s tenth single.[10] This single was much more successful as the B-side "Min Egen Stad" had hit the top spot in the Svensktoppen charts.[14] Due to the success, "En Gång Är Ingen Gång" was included in Lyngstad’s compilation Anni-Frid Lyngstad.[10]
