"Leavin' On Your Mind" is a famous Country/Pop song written by Wayne Walker

Wayne Walker

Wayne Harrison Walker is a former professional football player and sports broadcaster. He played in the NFL for fifteen seasons, from 1958-72 for the Detroit Lions. A starter throughout his career, #55 played in 200 regular season games as a 6'2", 225 lb...

 and Webb Pierce

Webb Pierce

Webb Michael Pierce was one of the most popular American honky tonk vocalists of the 1950s, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade. His biggest hit was "In The Jailhouse Now," which charted for 37 weeks in 1955, 21 of them at number one...

 was popularized by Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline , born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Gore, Virginia, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s...

 in 1963.

In 1963, Patsy Cline was at the height of her career. In the meantime, she was looking for her next single to release for the upcoming year. Wayne Walker and Webb Pierce wrote the song for her called "Leavin' On Your Mind". Cline released the song in January 1963 and it became a top ten Country hit for Cline. Unlike her earlier hits "Crazy

Crazy (Willie Nelson song)

"Crazy" is a ballad composed by Willie Nelson. It has been recorded by several artists, most notably by Patsy Cline, whose version was a #2 country hit in 1962....

" and "I Fall to Pieces

I Fall to Pieces

"I Fall to Pieces" is a single released by Patsy Cline in 1961, and was featured on her 1961 studio album, Patsy Cline Showcase. "I Fall to Pieces" was Cline's first #1 hit on the Country charts, and her second hit single to cross over onto the Pop charts...

", "Leavin' On Your Mind" was an unfortunate failure on the pop chart

Billboard Hot 100

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, where it stalled at #83. However, the song today remains a classic in Country music. Initially, Cline was going to release the single on her next upcoming, fourth album called Faded Love, along with two other singles that year.

However, the album was never released due to the tragic event that ended her life, which was a plane crash that March. The album was to be released at the end of March. Instead, the album was released on a double compilation album called The Patsy Cline Story

The Patsy Cline Story

The Patsy Cline Story is a double album compilation of consisting of American country music singer Patsy Cline's best-known songs between 1961 and 1963...

. This album featured all of Cline's big hits, starting for her first in 1957 to 1963. The album was a huge hit and is still being sold today.

Chart performance

Chart (1963)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	83

Use in popular culture

The song was featured on the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 drama series Lost

Lost (TV series)

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in episode three of the first season entitled "Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa (Lost)

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".

Cover versions

Rissi Palmer

Rissi Palmer

Rissi Palmer is an American country music artist. Palmer debuted in 2007 with the single "Country Girl", which made her the first African-American woman to chart a country song since Dona Mason in 1987...

 recorded a cover of the song for her self-titled debut album

Rissi Palmer (album)

Rissi Palmer is the self-titled debut album from country music singer Rissi Palmer, issued on 1720 Entertainment. It debuted at #56 on the Top Country Albums chart, in addition to peaking at #16 on the Top Heatseekers and #41 in the Indie charts...

 in 2007. It was also covered by Lorrie Morgan

Lorrie Morgan

In 1996 Morgan married Jon Randall, a singer/songwriter now credited with writing the 2004 Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss hit "Whiskey Lullaby"; they divorced three years later in 1999....

 for her 2009 album, A Moment in Time

A Moment in Time

A Moment in Time is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan. The album was released on October 27, 2009 via Stroudavarious. It is a covers album, featuring a total of 14 traditional country classics.-Content:...

, from which it was released as a single. It was also recorded by The Czars

The Czars

The Czars was an alternative rock band, formed in 1994 in Denver by John Grant and Chris Pearson. They released six studio albums, one EP, and three singles in the duration of their career. After the release of Goodbye in 2004, five of the six members of The Czars left the band over the span of...

and appears on their 2006 compilation album Sorry I Made You Cry.