"Almost Goodbye" is the title of a song written by Billy Livsey

Billy Livsey

Billy Livsey is an American songwriter, keyboardist, and producer from Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked for many musicians including Tina Turner, Kevin Ayers, 801, Gerry Rafferty, Five Star, and Kenny Rogers.-References:*...

 and Don Schlitz

Don Schlitz

Donald Alan "Don" Schlitz, Jr. is a country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammys, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards...

 and recorded by American

United States

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 country music singer Mark Chesnutt

Mark Chesnutt

Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item...

. It was released in August 1993 as the second single from his album, also titled Almost Goodbye

Almost Goodbye

Almost Goodbye is the fourth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His third album for MCA Records, it was also the third consecutive album to receive RIAA platinum certification in the United States...

. The song reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

) chart and peaked at number 2 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

Chart performance

The song debuted at #68 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated September 4, 1993. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, and became his fourth Number One single on the Country Music chart dated November 20, 1993, holding the top spot for one week.

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2