Barbara Mandrell - Sleeping Single In A Double Bed

[dina77777777]

you rock miss your show hope life is good to you[lovecheryl

[elvispresley718]

i don't think thisis a great song and it's not country either

[Andysingtoyou]

Mother Creator

Loves you Barbara.

[jimjr155]

i don't claim to be an authority on the subject...i don't really listen to much country nowadays (except for the folkier-based stuff that doesn't have fiddles or pop lyrics)...but growing up, i saw the mandrell show, i saw the pop-glamour, she was definitely aiming for a pop audience...

[jimjr155]

"crossover" doesn't have to be a bad word...sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't...i think dolly parton doing pop music often doesn't work, she's kind of back to her roots now...i think when a country song has a catchphrase in it (like "save a horse" or "redneck woman" or "here's a quarter" like something on a bumper sticker), then it's a Southern form of pop music...but generalizing isn't fair sometimes...at the same time, all you have to do is look at the history, i'm not far off...

[hithr3000]

fun song.

[Lukyo1984]

Barbara Mandrell listen to a dummy. She buckled her safety belt.

[rockpunkqueen201]

Umm yeah sorry I didn't dance and sing along to this :D No wait,I did :3

[shmuli9]

I used to say "Sleeping Single in a Double-Wide".

[commonthread2]

omg thats me right now cause my boyfr went on his own holiday but I am independant and I am so enjoying getting my life together he is gone for another wk then I am pretty sure he wants tpo brk up or has a new grlfriend I th it is his bosses nt sure it cld be in my head bt we foght abt noting lk i got upst wh he wnted out rejection he saved me from a volitile husband so I saved hm frm drugs drinking nw tht he is better cl and hansome agn he wnts girls I am a musician painetr and Mother

[katehoffy]

Whom ever the ass is, trying to convince us, that "Barbara Mandrel", isnt a classic, hey go back to whatever it was, cable?, 2,4, 7.... ass

sorry for spelling errors, jacked here

[lemontree401]

Love Barbara Mandrell

[udhoop]

I was country when country wasn't cool! Loved that song and her tv show! She made me want to play the mandolin!

[leowhiteleo]

pretty



[jimjr155]

i don't see how this is a country song...she maybe has a slight drawl, but that's the only thing that's country about this to my ear...i remember my parents watching her variety series on tv, with her two sisters...

[humpycub]

@jimjr155 This is actually a crossover song, but considering it was a Billboard #1 country song and peaked at #102 on the pop chart, I've labeled it country.

[jimjr155]

@humpycub true enough...i suppose it's kind of like a shania twain crossover thing...i guess i think of steel guitar and the whole cowgirl "look" you know what i mean?...

[SECAMsLive]

@jimjr155 : Not all country songs are *twangy*!  This is a country song that just happened to crossover a little bit.

[shmuli9]

@jimjr155 Me, either. If anything it was vaguely Motownish... I remember the TV show.  Louise was the "sex symbol"....

[CyRox98]

@jimjr155 It's also what a lot of country sounded like at the time. Not everything labeled as country has to have twang and fiddles.  This song won an American Music Award for Favorite Country Single.

[NurseD2000]

@jimjr155 as far as women singers go shes in the top 10 of all time as far as im concerned you want to talk fake country look at all the taylor swifts and kellie lamberts of today

[jimjr155]

@NurseD2000 agreed...swift and lambert would be pop-country...i would say that barbara mandrell's sound straddled adult contemporary pop and country music...it wasn't strictly pop...just my opinion...i also found johnny cash to be more folk and glen campbell to be adult contemporary as well...but again, i'm looking at it as a rootsy thing...dolly parton dabbled in disco at one point and bluegrass...

[50s60steenidols]

I love this great song by Barbara Mandrell.Thank you so much for posting this. Could you post her song - Operator Long Distance Please? I would love hearing that. It's a very rare song that is hard to find on a cd. Sincerely - Jay

[yogibear007600]

If you grew up listening to Barbara Mandrell then you had to love her, even still :) If you did, then please listen to her music and you will.

[lawrence7270]

but guly sometimes i hate country songs

[Revfienx]

HOT!!

[RamJamable]

Sleeping double in a single bed- Wuff wha! Sounds like my early daze ha ha

[damama55]

Barbara has such a beautiful bed. Enjoyed her then and now. The memories that old songs bring back are something else. 

[bryonb74]

Barbara Mandrell, through her television show and her unique trademark sound of blending country and pop, brought a lot of people to country music that would have never listened without her influence. She was crossover before they even used the word.

[leftfieldmind]

this was once ranked in the top 100 country songs of all time.... Personally I think it had something no other country ever had,, a slower verse and sped up chorus, you hadn't really heard that before this song... just a FUN song

[ThusRexSpaketh0]

well, dis shit iz awesome.

[bigbearfla]

I was thinking about this song last night and how very much 2 years after the breakup with my train wreck of an ex how much room there is in this big queen size bed. Now I only sleep with my cat Sugar and he does not snore.

[GabbyHale]

well if u cant trust who u with ....this is the story..

[tomcat604]

i wish she would come back!

[sockmonkey71]

Babrbara is and always will be the Best....I have Loved her since I was 8 I will be 40 in August..you can never have enough Babrbara Mandrell...

[HGRPhotography1]

Well, I"m sleeping single in a Californina King ........ except for our 5 lovely kids who crawl in during thunderstorms and cold winter mornings ......... Happy New Year everyone ;) Life is good.

[MrFrye91]

Spectacular

[webkinzlover1936]

I remember this song from the early 80's when I was a little kid. I've always loved it~!

[JimRotunda]

1978...Those were the days!!!

[dina77777777]

@JimRotunda you got that right

[larrymarlo1]

Barb has a lot of good songs, this is just one of them...

[geor4569]

amazing!

[chevellejack]

She is hotter than the sun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Taylor121051]

THIS IS ME!!!!!!!!.............

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

I love this song.

Thanks for uploading it.

George Vreeland Hill

[andimartin32]

my mom had this on 8 track when I was 5 yrs old and I use to sing it all the time im 35 now and I was 3 yrs old when it first came out

[andimartin32]

my mom had this on 8 track when I was 5 yrs old and I use to sing it all the time

[RyderFromGwinnett]

Cam'ron - I Hate My Job

[joshwelljonesfirst]

love the new play list''''

[godsmack66635]

I love this song

[MrJeeperscreepers09]

Barbara..."Take this love" by Jeff and Jeff....You will sing this song before long. Written just for you!

[tinyteddybird]

hey anyone do you wanna help me with a write in campaign to ABC to get Barbara and Louise on Dancing with the stars? You can go to ABC website and use the Contact us and tell them to have Barb & Louise on the show.  Thank you. Love the Mandrells, always!!

[charliesitzes1973]

Great Classic Song thank you so much for posting it

[RubyLovesTomDonnelly]

Love it

thanks for sharing~~~

[DaveWollenberg]

Anybody know why Kye Fleming, the cowriter, reverted to her birth name of 'Rhonda' in the '80s? Somebody fill me in on that. Sounds like she'd get herself confused with Rhonda Fleming, the actress. God bless!

[webkinzlover1936]

One of my favorite country songs. Country just sucks now. :(

[grayheadman]

@webkinzlover1936 So true!!!!!!

[webkinzlover1936]

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[Sweethannahw]

@webkinzlover1936 country isnt country anymore

[codybillie]

i love barbra this is a great song!

[KuyaBillRomjue]

Wow, I had the biggest CRUSH on this lady when I was a kid!

Nice to hear her sweet voice again. Glad she was unducted into the CMHF.

[16abney]

i grew up listening to this song

[NoelAkia]

gotta luff this XD

[bwitz72]

So this song hit #1 when I turned 6 eh? (July 1978).... 32 years ago! Wow!

[countchunkula]

Camron killed this joint.

[DaddyJax1]

What was the exact year she came out with this song??? Can antbody help me out?....Thanx!

[01scotty2hotty]

it was released early 1978 and hit number in july of that year where it spent six weeks

[CyRox98]

@01scotty2hotty: actually, it was released in the early fall of 1978 and spent 3 weeks at #1 on both the Billboard and Cashbox charts in November of '78.

[ErichH68]

No disrespect towards the multi-talented Barbara Mandrell but doesn't she look like a "Sex Goddess" on the MOODS album cover. Just yummy yummy yummy!!!

[wehatemike818]

hey SaiklorSexyDork u must really be a dork or out of touch dude this song was her song to begin with not that rapper u ehard saying she nailed it i guess so she nailed it she wrote it sung it and recorded it first dummy!

[neyoroxmysox]

her sister louise mandrell my dad, jonas weathers is the awesome sax for her!!!!!!!!

[chkjns]

It's almost like Crocodile Rock. Big #1 from November 1978.

I've made 111 music playlists for every year back to 1900 with great music like this. It's a trip back in time, just waiting for you at the click of your mouse . . . . . .

[MrTCB01]

Waiting on a parking spot as a person was backing out at Green Hills mall, Barbara took my spot that I was waiting on. I was pissed.

[paidwithcash]

I think I'll listen to Willie Nelson's Blue eyes crying in the rain.

[Mrmdeeds]

Wow on Country Awards,Barbara Got inducteded in to the hall of fam,and its about Time

[humpycub]

Yes, it's about time she was inducted to the Hall of Fame. She looked great, wish she would have performed.!

[MsSexylady94]

she is now in the country music hall of fame

[w9x7cv3vg6]

isnt there a nusic video of this hit anywhere!

[CyRox98]

She only made one video in her career for "I'll Leave Something Good Behind." It was in 1990 and the single never charted. =(

[teehonky]

i asked her to go with my son to the prom..she politely said no

[AJ12Gamer]

A rapper sampled this song.... Cam'Ron - I Hate My Job

[SailorSexyDork]

im 25 and heard this on the radio the other day and shes got it nailed lol

[mjpk6269]

Yuuuu-mmyyyy!!!! Hows 'bout sleeping double in a single bed?

[HEYCONWAYTWITTY]

GREAT SONG FIVE STARS .

[emokidsscare]

barbara mandrell is the best. she will always be the best tina collett

[bigbenkentucky]

This is a good song, but I can't tell what about it makes it a country song. The lyrics suit country well, and I suppose that's what's important, but there's not really any twang to the sound. It sounds more like pop to me. There's no denying the fact that Barbara is talented, but how on earth did she get the country stations to play THIS? No offense meant to her fans - IMO this is good pop music, but it doesn't tickle my country bone. Loretta Lynn on the other hand, now THAT'S country.

[Bananifly]

you don't need "twang" for it to be country, lets look at Terri Clark, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, Carrie Underwood...none of those artists are full force "twang" we are in a new generation now.

[lakebay972]

I agree. Barbara got country stations to play this because of her country music reputation and clout in the industry. She wanted to reach a larger, more diverse audience and did so with this song. This was during the whole "Urban Cowboy" and "Pop Goes The Country" phase of the late '70s/early '80s.

[mccommas2]

Drinking doubles alone isn't a party? Who says ???!!! Babs was my girl in the 80's. My friends like Kiss.  I was country when country was very unKool !! Go Babs you go girl!

[crem69er]

she and her sistres were all hot

[jbrannon69]

oh man i had such a crush on her WOW thanks!

[teehonky]

her little sister was the HOT ..the other blonde...

[jdfox1]

Love it! :)

[Eugune2272]

1978 hmmmm i was 6

[analannie67]

Great song it is vibrant and very well paced unlike some modern songs this song moves along and yet is something i remember from my youth as i was yesterday and ms. mandrel had style and was very easy on the eyes too

[nealadams70]

i agree....i remember this song as a 12 yr old...back then a lot of country artists were trying to cross-over with their music....i think miss mandrell was trying hard with this one (kinda 50s doowap-country hybrid)

[greghair01]

Great songs...and she's hot!

[bdsninja]

My mom use to play this album al lthe time, this and Conway Twitty.

[teehonky]

wow this song brings out the hillbilly in a lot of folks

[COWBOYJDANOS]

She's just the best!!i love her

[2020christy]

the ONE and ONLY---Barbara Mandrell

[kloum67]

awesome

[Michelle062970]

Some of the songs Barbara used to sing cracked me up! It's like this song is a reprise to "If Loving You Is Wrong".. Yeah, she's remorseful now that she admits being in love with a married man and of course her hubby has left her....

But anyway, she has such a lovely voice, but never compares to the likes of Crystal Gayle!! :)

[ricnlisa]

I feel old listening to this...wow  thanks...

[Scarydukey]

nice song

[Elementfifth]

so sweet hihihi

[memejerry]

I Love tis song and I grew up on this music ! Thank You for having it on here

[bryonb74]

When I was a kid I was convinced that her sisters Louise and Irlene were the ones doing the background vocals....LOL

[ToddGustafson]

She Is So Beautiful only year old when this song came out.

[relandryne]

story.... when your the only one at two in the morning... i love this song

[cnrdcthy]

i really do like song by babara mandrell alot tammie

[rockin1018]

i can;t believe i remember when this song came out ,, i miss this good music

[bopchawop]

TAMMY HUPP I STILL LOVE YOU MIKE H

[pulsatingdisco]

sounds a little like "love will keep us together" at the begining

[jarrettfla]

Only thing missing is my 45 and record player!:)

[ladyblue614]

NICE!!

[bbudacious]

I have this album today YEA.

[dgzimm]

Is that Erlene singing back-up?

[crazycuntryboy2]

Id sleep double in a single bed with her!

[CALANDKISH]

man..lol lol lol

[mark40511]

It sounds like one of those crossover songs on the verge of being pop more so than country. I like it though :) I remember this growing up

[fossefan]

Yup. You could make an argument that rather than the Mason/Dixon line, it's really the old school/new school (of country) line.

Or something like that. =) Great song, though.

[sofapia]

I would rather sleep double in a single bed!!!!

[ginchyamanda]

Oh my gosh, I loved this a kid. Barbara Mandrell reminded me of my Mom.  LOL! Love it!

[cbowman61]

very sexxxxxxxxxxxxy

[CountrySun24]

I love this song, it's my favorite Barbara Mandrell song!

[mzpooG]

I had this on a 33 album for my record player.

[djsmkc]

I grew up listening to this song and OMG its awesome

[prettybad1]

Me 2! I grew up listening to a lot of great country stars and Barbara Mandrell was/is AWESOME!!! This was my fav song she sang~

[Rebfancy]

I grew up listening to this too. I love it. It's one of my favorite songs of hers.

[megamanmaniac]

I grew up listening to this and "I Was Country..."  She is hands down one of the best talents that ever came out of Nashville.

[jbeau007]

Awesome!

[CyRox98]

This is STILL my favorite song of all time - 30 years after its release!  It was her first huge single. =)

[drafthorselover]

She is one of the true queens of country music.

[dawndoolfan]

I have been looking for this on here for so long ...Many Many thanks to you for uploading this for everyone of us fans to enjoy :-)

[punkanelly]

This song rocks! I love it.