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"My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died"
SinglebyRoger Miller
from the album Words and Music
B-side"You're My Kingdom"
ReleasedSeptember 1966
GenrePop
LabelSmash Records
Songwriter(s)Roger Miller
Producer(s)Jerry Kennedy
Roger Miller singles chronology
"You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd"
(1966)
"My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died"
(1966)
"Heartbreak Hotel"
(1966)

"My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died" is a 1966 song by Roger Miller. It was the fourth of four singles released from Miller's fourth LP, Words and Music, all of which became U.S. Top 40 Country hits.

Chart history[edit]

The song became a hit in the U.S. on both the Billboard Hot 100 (#58) and Country (#39) charts.[1]OnCash Box it reached #45.[2] The song was a bigger hit in Canada, where it peaked at number 26 on the Pop singles chart.[3]

Lyrical content[edit]

Miller was raised by his aunt and uncle.[4] He later rewrote the song, changing the nonsensical but suggestive lyrics about an "uncle" to "mama" instead, as included on his 1973 album Dear Folks, Sorry I Haven't Written Lately.

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1966) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 79
Canada RPM Top Singles [5] 26
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 58
U.S. Billboard Country[7] 39
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [8] 45

References[edit]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 231.
  • ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, October 8, 1966
  • ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1966-10-10. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  • ^ "Roger Miller | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  • ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1966-10-10. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  • ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  • ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 231.
  • ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, October 8, 1966
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