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Button Off My Shirt

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B-side
  
"One Night"

Format
  
7" single

Length
  
3:54

Released
  
July 23, 1988

Genre
  
Country, pop

Label
  
RCA

"Button Off My Shirt" is a song written by Billy Livsey and Graham Lyle, and recorded by American country music singer Ronnie Milsap. It released in July 1988 as the fifth single from the album Heart & Soul. It peaked at number four on the Hot Country Songs charts.

The song talks of an ended relationship, where Milsap compares the former lover to a missing button from his shirt – "just an everyday distraction" which "some day I will replace".

Another version was released in 1988 by British singer Paul Carrack, from the album One Good Reason. This version peaked at number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100.

References

Button Off My Shirt Wikipedia