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"'''You Gave Me a Mountain'''" (sometimes credited as "'''Lord, You Gave Me a Mountain'''") is a song written by [[country music|country]] singer-songwriter [[Marty Robbins]] during the 1960s. It has been recorded by many artists, including Robbins himself, but the highest-charting version of the song was by [[Frankie Laine]] in 1969. This version was included on Laine's album of the same name. |
"'''You Gave Me a Mountain'''" (sometimes credited as "'''Lord, You Gave Me a Mountain'''") is a song written by [[country music|country]] singer-songwriter [[Marty Robbins]] during the 1960s. It has been recorded by many artists, including Robbins himself, but the highest-charting version of the song was by [[Frankie Laine]] in 1969. This version was included on Laine's album of the same name. |
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In Laine's autobiography ''That Lucky Old Son'', he stated that "Marty Robbins once told me that he'd been trying to bring 'You Gave Me a Mountain' to my attention for several years before he finally succeeded in November 1968. I wish he'd been quicker about it. There were many times in the mid-60s when I longed for a song of its quality."<ref name="Hyatt">Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications), page 71.</ref> |
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The lyrics to the song detail a series of challenges that the singer has endured in his life, including the death of his mother while giving birth to him, a time spent in prison "for something that I never done" and the singer's wife taking their child and leaving. He describes these setbacks as hills that he has scaled in the past, but then states that "this time, Lord, you gave me a mountain / A mountain you know I may never climb". The original third line of Robbins' song mentioned that he was "despised and ignored by my father", but Laine requested that this line be changed to "deprived of the love of my father" when he recorded his version, since Laine's father had died shortly before the recording took place.<ref name="Hyatt"/> |
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Der Text zum Lied Detail eine Reihe von Herausforderungen, die der Sänger hat in seinem Leben ertragen, einschließlich der Tod seiner Mutter bei der Geburt zu ihm, eine Zeit im Gefängnis verbrachte, "für etwas, was ich nie getan" und der Sänger die Frau unter ihrem Kind und verlassen. Er beschreibt diese Rückschläge wie Hügel, den er in der Vergangenheit skaliert, aber dann heißt es, dass "dieser Zeit, Herr, Sie haben mir einen Berg / Ein Berg du weißt, ich kann nicht klettern". Die ursprüngliche dritte Zeile des Liedes Robbins 'erwähnt, dass er "wurde verachtet und von meinem Vater" ignoriert, aber Laine darum gebeten, diese Zeile "Es fehlt an der Liebe zu meinem Vater" änderte sich, als er seine Version erfasst, da Laine Vater gestorben war, kurz vor der Aufnahme fand. <ref name="Hyatt"/> |
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"You Gave Me a Mountain" (sometimes credited as "Lord, You Gave Me a Mountain") is a song written by country singer-songwriter Marty Robbins during the 1960s. It has been recorded by many artists, including Robbins himself, but the highest-charting version of the song was by Frankie Laine in 1969. This version was included on Laine's album of the same name.
History
In Laine's autobiography That Lucky Old Son, he stated that "Marty Robbins once told me that he'd been trying to bring 'You Gave Me a Mountain' to my attention for several years before he finally succeeded in November 1968. I wish he'd been quicker about it. There were many times in the mid-60s when I longed for a song of its quality."[1]
The lyrics to the song detail a series of challenges that the singer has endured in his life, including the death of his mother while giving birth to him, a time spent in prison "for something that I never done" and the singer's wife taking their child and leaving. He describes these setbacks as hills that he has scaled in the past, but then states that "this time, Lord, you gave me a mountain / A mountain you know I may never climb". The original third line of Robbins' song mentioned that he was "despised and ignored by my father", but Laine requested that this line be changed to "deprived of the love of my father" when he recorded his version, since Laine's father had died shortly before the recording took place.[1]
Reception
Released as a single in early 1969, Laine's version of the song was a hit single for the 55 year old singer on U.S. singles charts. It peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March of that year, remaining in the Top 40 for seven weeks.[2] That same month, the song spent two weeks atop the Billboard Easy Listening chart.[1] It was Laine's only song to reach the summit on the latter chart, which began its existence in 1961 and was renamed "Adult Contemporary" in 1979.
Charts
Frankie Laine version
| Chart (1969) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 24 |
| U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 1 |
Other versions
Robbins recorded a version of his song, and although it wasn't released as a single, it is included on his 1969 album It's a Sin[3] as well as some of his "greatest hits" compilation albums. Country music singer Johnny Bush also recorded a version of this song in 1969, and his version reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that year.[1] Also recording this song was Elvis Presley, who performed the song at his 1973 Honolulu concert Aloha from Hawaii and the subsequent live album Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite.[1] Presley's version was included in many of his other releases throughout the 1970s.
Other artists who have recorded versions of "You Gave Me a Mountain" or performed it live include Don McLean, Eddy Arnold, Ray Price, Margie Singleton, Gene Watson, Jim Nabors and Christer Sjögren.
References
- ^ a b c d e Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 71.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 356.
- ^ Marty Robbins It's a Sin CMT.com. Retrieved 9 August 2009.