Too Gone Too Long

For the En Vogue song, see Too Gone, Too Long.

"Too Gone Too Long"
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Single by Randy Travis
from the album Always & Forever
B-side	"My House"
Released	November 1987
Format	7" single
Genre	Country
Length	2:24
Label	Warner Bros. 28286
Writer(s)	Gene Pistilli
Producer(s)	Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis singles chronology
"I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)" (1987) "Too Gone Too Long'" (1987) "I Told You So" (1988)

"Too Gone Too Long" is a song written by Gene Pistilli, and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in November 1987 as the third single from his album Always & Forever. It became his fifth number 1 hit in the United States. It peaked at number 1 on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and the Canadian RPM country Tracks chart.

Content

After a former love comes crawling back, the narrator tells her that he's got a new love and that she's been gone too long and it's too late to come back home.

Chart performance

"Too Gone Too Long" spent the week of March 12, 1988 at the top of both country singles chart.

Chart (1987–1988)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Face to Face" by Alabama	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single March 12, 1988	Succeeded by "Life Turned Her That Way" by Ricky Van Shelton
	RPM Country Tracks number-one single March 12, 1988	Succeeded by "This Missin' You Heart of Mine" by Sawyer Brown