Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) by jmjiloveyou

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May 03, 2025 08:37am

<h1>Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)</h1>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" is a song written, composed, first recorded, and first released by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kris Kristofferson</a>. It was also recorded and released by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Miller" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Roger Miller</a>, who included it on his album The Best of Roger Miller and released it as a single in July 1971. Ten years later, it was recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tompall_%26_the_Glaser_Brothers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tompall & the Glaser Brothers</a> for the album Lovin' Her Was Easier. <h2>Lyrics content</h2>The narrator describes a lover in somewhat nostalgic terms, using images drawn from nature and references to inter-personal intimacy. As originally performed by Kristofferson himself, it is the key of C major.<h2> </h2><h2>Kris Kristofferson version</h2>Kristofferson recorded the song on his 1971 album for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Monument Records</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silver_Tongued_Devil_and_I" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Silver Tongued Devil and I</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a>Kristofferson's rendition of the song was not promoted to country music radio. It reached 26 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard Hot 100</a> and 4 on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Adult_Contemporary_Tracks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a> In Canada, it reached 21 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RPM</a> Top Singles charts<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4]</a> and 8 on that same publication's Adult Contemporary list.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[5]</a><h2> </h2><h2>Roger Miller version</h2>Miller's version of the song entered the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot Country Singles</a> chart in August 1971. The song spent eleven weeks on that chart and peaked at 28.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-whitburn-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[8]</a> In Canada, the song debuted at 50 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RPM</a> Country Tracks charts dated for September 11, 1971,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[9]</a> peaking at 8 on the chart week of October 16.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[10]</a><h2> </h2><h2>Tompall & the Glaser Brothers version</h2><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tompall_%26_the_Glaser_Brothers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tompall & the Glaser Brothers</a> recorded the song in 1981. This was the group's third single following its 1980 reunion, as frontman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tompall_Glaser" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tompall Glaser</a> had departed the group in 1973 for a solo career.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-rough-13" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[13]</a> Released in mid-1981, this version of "Lovin' Her Was Easier" went on to become the group's highest-charting single.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-whitburnglaser-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[12]</a> It was also the title track of the Glaser brothers's reunion album, Lovin' Her Was Easier.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-rough-13" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[13]</a> Following the release of this song, the Glaser brothers recorded only four more cuts for Elektra before disbanding a second time.<h3>Chart performance</h3>Tompall & the Glaser Brothers' rendition of the song spent sixteen weeks on the Billboard country music chart. The song reached a peak of number 2 on that chart, holding the position for two weeks.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-whitburnglaser-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[12]</a> It also reached a number 2 peak on the RPM country singles charts.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-14" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[14]</a> <h2>Mark Chesnutt version</h2>In 2010, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Chesnutt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mark Chesnutt</a> included his version of the song on his album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw_(Mark_Chesnutt_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Outlaw</a>, an album which comprises covers of songs recorded by "outlaw" country music artists. His version was released as the first single from it.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-16" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[16]</a> Chesnutt told LimeWire that, although he was familiar with both Kristofferson's and the Glaser Brothers's renditions of the songs, he "wasn't a big fan of the song" until he heard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Waylon Jennings</a> sing it.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-17" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[17]</a> (Jennings recorded the song on his 1971 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taker/Tulsa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Taker/Tulsa</a>.)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovin%27_Her_Was_Easier_(Than_Anything_I%27ll_Ever_Do_Again)#cite_note-18" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[18]</a> <h2>Other versions</h2><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Waylon Jennings</a> recorded the song for his 1971 album The Taker / Tulsa</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Jo_Spears" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billie Jo Spears</a> recorded the song as "Loving him was easier (than anything I'll ever do again)" in 1977 for her album If you want me</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Mouskouri" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nana Mouskouri</a> recorded the song - also as "Loving him was easier (than anything I'll ever do again)" - in 1982 for her album Song for Liberty</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Nelson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Willie Nelson</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyan_Cannon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dyan Cannon</a> recorded the song as "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" for film "Honeysuckle Rose"</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Carter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Anita Carter</a> with Billy Sanford (gt) Recorded 29 January 1971</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeeter_Davis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Skeeter Davis</a> with Vocal Accompaniment by The Jordanaires and The Nashville Edition, 1972</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Ray_Cyrus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billy Ray Cyrus</a> recorded the song for his 2016 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_Line_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thin Line</a></li></ul>