"I'd Love to Lay You Down" is a 1980 single written by Johnny MacRae and recorded by Conway Twitty

Conway Twitty

Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...

. "I'd Love to Lay You Down" was Conway Twitty's 24th number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and would spend a total of 12 weeks on the country chart.

In 2002, Daryle Singletary

Daryle Singletary

Daryle Bruce Singletary is an American country music singer. Between 1995 and 1998, he recorded for Giant Records, for which he released three studio albums: Daryle Singletary in 1995, All Because of You in 1996 and Ain't It the Truth in 1998...

 released a cover version

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

which went to #43 on the same chart.

Conway's version of this song features an extremely unusual series of key changes: the song progressively lowers in key instead of the musical standard of changing keys upwards.

Conway Twitty

Chart (1980)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Daryle Singletary

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	43