Button Off My Shirt
| "Button Off My Shirt" | ||||
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| Single by Ronnie Milsap | ||||
| from the album Heart & Soul | ||||
| B-side | "One Night" | |||
| Released | July 23, 1988 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Genre | Country, pop | |||
| Length | 3:54 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Livsey, Graham Lyle | |||
| Producer(s) | Rob Galbraith | |||
| Ronnie Milsap singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
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