| "(I Wanna) Love My Life Away" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Gene Pitney | |
| B-side | "I Laughed So Hard I Cried" |
| Released | 1961 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 1:53 |
| Label | Musicor |
| Songwriter(s) | Gene Pitney |
| Producer(s) | Aaron Schroeder |
"(I Wanna) Love My Life Away" is a song written and sung by Gene Pitney, which he released in 1961. The song was Pitney's first charting single, and spent 8 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 39, while reaching No. 23 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade. In the United Kingdom, the song spent 11 weeks on the Record Retailer chart, reaching No. 26.
Jody Miller released a version in 1978, which reached No. 67 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.
Chart performance
| Chart (1961) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 39 |
| Canada - CHUM Hit Parade | 23 |
| UK Record Retailer | 26 |
References
- ^ Gene Pitney - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed October 14, 2016.
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade – Week of March 6, 1961, chart No. 201". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ^ Gene Pitney - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- ^ "Billboard Hot Country Singles", Billboard, August 12, 1978. p. 44. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
