My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)

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1969 single by Bill Anderson

"My Life (Throw it Away If I Want To)"

Single by Bill Anderson

from the album My Life/But You Know I Love You

Released

February 1969 (U.S.)

Recorded

1969

Genre

Country

Length

2:44

Bill Anderson

Bill Anderson singles chronology

"Happy State of Mind"
(1968)

"My Life (Throw it Away If I Want To)"
(1969)

"But You Know I Love You"
(1969)

"My Life (Throw it Away If I Want To)" is an American country music song written and recorded by Bill Anderson.

Release and reception

Upon its release, Billboard noted that the song was a "compelling, original rhythm ballad" and a "strong entry."

Chart performance

Originally released in February 1969, "My Life" became Anderson's fourth solo No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart on May 17, 1969. It spent two weeks atop that chart and charted for 19 weeks total, and was ultimately named Billboard's No. 1 country song of 1969.

Chart (1969)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2

Sources

Proquest"Spotlight Singles: TOP 20." Billboard (Archive: 1963-2000) Feb 15 1969: 76. ProQuest. Web. 12 Apr. 2022 .
Proquest"Radio-TV Programming: OTHER PICKS." Billboard (Archive: 1963-2000) Feb 22 1969: 34. ProQuest. Web. 12 Apr. 2022 .
Proquest"Hot Country Singles." Billboard (Archive: 1963-2000) May 17 1969: 48. ProQuest. Web. 12 Apr. 2022 .
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 23.
“Top Country Singles — 1969.” Billboard, vol. 81, no. 52, Dec. 27, 1969, p. 16.

v t e Bill Anderson singles
Albums Singles
1950s	"City Lights" "That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome" "Ninety-Nine" "Dead or Alive"
1960s	"The Tip of My Fingers" "Walk Out Backwards" "Po' Folks" "Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands" "Mama Sang a Song" "Still" "8×10" "Five Little Fingers"/"Easy Come – Easy Go" "Me" "Three A.M." "Certain" "Bright Lights and Country Music" "I Love You Drops"/"Golden Guitar" "I Get the Fever" "Get While the Gettin's Good" "No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore" "For Loving You" (with Jan Howard) "Wild Week-End" "Happy State of Mind" "My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)" "If It's All the Same to You" (with Jan Howard) "But You Know I Love You"
1970s	"Love Is a Sometimes Thing" "Someday We'll Be Together" (with Jan Howard) "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone" "Always Remember" "Quits" "Dis-Satisfied" (with Jan Howard) "All the Lonely Women in the World" "Don't She Look Good" "If You Can Live with It (I Can Live Without It)" "The Corner of My Life" "World of Make Believe" "Can I Come Home to You" "Every Time I Turn the Radio On" "I Still Feel the Same About You" "Country D.J." "Thanks" "Sometimes" (with Mary Lou Turner) "That's What Made Me Love You" (with Mary Lou Turner) "Peanuts and Diamonds" "Liars One, Believers Zero" "Head to Toe" "Where Are You Going, Billy Boy" (with Mary Lou Turner) "Still the One" "I Can't Wait Any Longer" "Double S" "This Is a Love Song" "The Dream Never Dies"
1980s	"Make Mine Night Time" "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back"
1990s	"The Deck of Cards"

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