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"Pride"

Single by Ray Price

Released

January 7, 1962 (1962-01-07)

Genre

Country

Length

2:35

Label

Columbia

Songwriter(s)

Wayne Walker, Irene Stanton

Producer(s)

Don Law
Frank Jones

Ray Price singles chronology

""I've Just Destroyed the World (I'm Living in)""
(1962)

"Pride"
(1962)

""Walk Me to the Door""
(1962)

"Pride" is a song written by Wayne Walker and Irene Stanton. It was first recorded by American country music artist Ray Price, whose version became a major hit. Price's version was released on January 7, 1962, where it peaked at No. 5 on Billboard's Hot Country charts.

Charts

Chart (1962)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	5

Jeannie Seely version

"Pride"

Single by Jeannie Seely

from the album Can I Sleep in Your Arms/Lucky Ladies

Released

May 8, 1972

Wayne Walker, Irene Stanton

Producer(s)

Walter Haynes

Jeannie Seely singles chronology

""Alright I'll Sign the Papers""
(1971)

"Pride"
(1972)

""Farm in Pennsyltucky""
(1972)

Jeannie Seely recorded the song and released it as a single in May 1972. It peaked at number 47 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The song was later included on her 1973 album, Can I Sleep in Your Arms/Lucky Ladies.

Charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	47

Janie Fricke version

"Pride"

Single by Janie Fricke

from the album I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry

B-side

"Going Through the Motions"

Released

February 1981

Wayne Walker, Irene Stanton

Producer(s)

Jim Ed Norman

Janie Fricke singles chronology

"Down to My Last Broken Heart"
(1980)

"Pride"
(1981)

"I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)"
(1981)

"Pride" was then recorded by American country music artist Janie Fricke. It was released in February 1981 as the second single from her album I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry. The song reached #12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	12
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Cover versions by other artists

Anita Bryant (1963)
Gerrie Lynn (1966)
Dean Martin (August 1967)
Tommy Hooker (2012)
Justin Trevino (May 9, 2017)
Doug Jernigan (instrumental) (1978)
Mike Headrick (instrumental) (2014)

References

v t e Ray Price
Studio albums	Ray Price Sings Heart Songs (1957) Talk to Your Heart (1958) Ray Price Sings San Antonio Rose (1962) Night Life (1963) Love Life (1964) Burning Memories (1965) The Other Woman (1965) Another Bridge to Burn (1966) Touch My Heart (1967) Danny Boy (1968) Take Me as I Am (1968) She Wears My Ring (1969) For the Good Times (1970) I Won't Mention It Again (1971) The Lonesomest Lonesome (1972) She's Got to Be a Saint (1973) You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me (1974) Like Old Times Again (1974) San Antonio Rose (1980) Last of the Breed (2007)
Songs	"I Can't Escape from You" "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" "Release Me" "Crazy Arms" "I've Got a New Heartache" "Curtain in the Window" "Invitation to the Blues" "City Lights" "Heartaches by the Number" "The Same Old Me" "Under Your Spell Again" "I Wish I Could Fall in Love Today" "Pride" "Make the World Go Away" "Night Life" "Please Talk to My Heart" "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" "Danny Boy" "Crazy" "She Wears My Ring" "For the Good Times" "I Won't Mention It Again" "She's Got to Be a Saint" "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" "Faded Love" "San Antonio Rose" "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" "All the Way" "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" "Looking Back"
Related articles	Discography

v t e Jeannie Seely
Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	The Seely Style Thanks, Hank! I'll Love You More Little Things Jeannie Seely Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely (with Jack Greene) Please Be My New Love Two for the Show (with Jack Greene) Can I Sleep in Your Arms/Lucky Ladies Life's Highway Written in Song An American Classic
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits on Monument
Soundtrack albums	Honeysuckle Rose
Songs	"Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" "Don't Touch Me" "It's Only Love" "A Wanderin' Man" "When It's Over" "I'll Love You More (Than You Need)" "Welcome Home to Nothing" "How Is He?" "Wish I Didn't Have to Miss You" (with Jack Greene) "Much Oblige" (with Jack Greene) "Pride" "What in the World Has Gone Wrong with Our Love" (with Jack Greene) "Can I Sleep in Your Arms" "Lucky Ladies" "I Miss You" "He Can Be Mine" "Trashy Women"
Related people and acts	Jack Greene Hank Cochran Dottie West
See also	Willie's Roadhouse

v t e Janie Fricke singles
Discography
Singer of Songs	"What're You Doing Tonight" "Baby It's You" "Please Help Me, I'm Falling (In Love with You)"
Love Notes	"Playin' Hard to Get" "I'll Love Away Your Troubles for Awhile" "Let's Try Again"
From the Heart	"But Love Me" "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)"
Nice 'n' Easy (with Johnny Duncan)	"He's Out of My Life" (with Johnny Duncan)
I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry	"Down to My Last Broken Heart" "Pride" "I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)"
Sleeping with Your Memory	"Do Me with Love" "Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby"
It Ain't Easy	"It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" "You Don't Know Love" "He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)"
Love Lies	"Tell Me a Lie" "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" "If the Fall Don't Get You"
The First Word in Memory	"Your Heart's Not in It" "The First Word in Memory Is Me"
Somebody Else's Fire	"She's Single Again" "Somebody Else's Fire" "Easy to Please"
Black & White	"Always Have, Always Will" "When a Woman Cries"
After Midnight	"Are You Satisfied?"
Featured singles	"Come a Little Bit Closer" (with Johnny Duncan) "On My Knees" (with Charlie Rich) "A Place to Fall Apart" (with Merle Haggard)

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