TEXAS (WHEN I DIE)

"Texas (When I Die)"
"Texas (When I Die)"
Single by Tanya Tucker
from the album TNT
A-side	" Not Fade Away"
Released	November 25, 1978
Genre	Country
Length	4:50
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce, Bobby Borchers
Producer(s)	Jerry Goldstein
Tanya Tucker singles chronology

"Texas (When I Die)" is a song co-written and originally recorded by American country music artist Ed Bruce. Bruce's version peaked at number 52 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1977.

The song was covered by American country music artist Tanya Tucker, initially as the B-side of another cover, Buddy Holly's " Not Fade Away".^[1] It was released in November 1978 as the first single from her album TNT. Tucker's version reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[2]

Chart performance

Ed Bruce

Chart (1977)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard)^[3]	52

Tanya Tucker

Chart (1978–1979)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard)^[4]	5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	47

In popular culture

Throughout the 1980s, the song was used as the Dallas Cowboys' touchdown song at their home games and as professional wrestler David Von Erich's entrance music.

References

^ "Tanya Tucker - Not Fade Away". Retrieved November 24, 2018.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 357.
^ "Ed Bruce Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Tanya Tucker Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

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[1] "Tanya Tucker - Not Fade Away". Retrieved November 24, 2018.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 357.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Ed_Bruce-3] "Ed Bruce Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Tanya_Tucker-4] "Tanya Tucker Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[5] "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

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v t e Ed Bruce
Albums	If I Could Just Go Home (1968) Ed Bruce (1976) Ed Bruce (1980) One to One (1981) I Write It Down (1982) You're Not Leavin' Here Tonight (1983) Homecoming (1984) Night Things (1986)
Singles	" Last Train to Clarksville" " Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" " Texas (When I Die)" " The Man That Turned My Mama On" " Girls, Women and Ladies" " (When You Fall in Love) Everything's a Waltz" " You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had" " Love's Found You and Me" " Ever, Never Lovin' You" " My First Taste of Texas" " After All" " You Turn Me On (Like a Radio)" " Nights"
Related topics	Discography Trey Bruce Lynn Anderson Bret Maverick Fire Down Below

v t e Tanya Tucker singles
Albums Singles Songs
1970s	" Delta Dawn" " Love's the Answer"/" The Jamestown Ferry" " What's Your Mama's Name" " Blood Red and Goin' Down" " Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" " The Man That Turned My Mama On" " I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again" " Lizzie and the Rainman" " Spring" " San Antonio Stroll" " Greener Than the Grass (We Laid On)" " Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You" " You've Got Me to Hold On To" " Here's Some Love" " Ridin' Rainbows" " It's a Cowboy Lovin' Night" " You Are So Beautiful" " Dancing the Night Away" " Not Fade Away"/" Texas (When I Die)" " I'm the Singer, You're the Song" " Lay Back in the Arms of Someone"
1980s	" Pecos Promenade" " Dream Lover" (with Glen Campbell) " Can I See You Tonight" " Love Knows We Tried" " Should I Do It" " Feel Right" " Baby I'm Yours" " One Love at a Time" " Just Another Love" " I'll Come Back as Another Woman" " It's Only Over for You" " Love Me Like You Used To" " I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" (with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet) " If It Don't Come Easy" " Strong Enough to Bend" " Highway Robbery" " Call on Me" " Daddy and Home" " My Arms Stay Open All Night"
1990s	" Walking Shoes" " Don't Go Out" (with T. Graham Brown) " It Won't Be Me" " Oh What It Did to Me" " Down to My Last Teardrop" " (Without You) What Do I Do with Me" " Some Kind of Trouble" " If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight" " Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" " It's a Little Too Late" " Tell Me About It" (with Delbert McClinton) " Soon" " We Don't Have to Do This" " Hangin' In" " You Just Watch Me" " Between the Two of Them" " Find Out What's Happenin'" " Little Things"
2000s-2020s	" A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be" " Love's Gonna Live Here" (with Jim Lauderdale) " Bring My Flowers Now" " The House That Built Me" " Ready as I'll Never Be"
Featured singles	" Romeo" (credited as Dolly Parton and Friends) " You Ain't Woman Enough" (with Loretta Lynn)

v t e Ed Bruce
Albums	If I Could Just Go Home (1968) Ed Bruce (1976) Ed Bruce (1980) One to One (1981) I Write It Down (1982) You're Not Leavin' Here Tonight (1983) Homecoming (1984) Night Things (1986)
Singles	" Last Train to Clarksville" " Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" " Texas (When I Die)" " The Man That Turned My Mama On" " Girls, Women and Ladies" " (When You Fall in Love) Everything's a Waltz" " You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had" " Love's Found You and Me" " Ever, Never Lovin' You" " My First Taste of Texas" " After All" " You Turn Me On (Like a Radio)" " Nights"
Related topics	Discography Trey Bruce Lynn Anderson Bret Maverick Fire Down Below

v t e Tanya Tucker singles
Albums Singles Songs
1970s	" Delta Dawn" " Love's the Answer"/" The Jamestown Ferry" " What's Your Mama's Name" " Blood Red and Goin' Down" " Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" " The Man That Turned My Mama On" " I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again" " Lizzie and the Rainman" " Spring" " San Antonio Stroll" " Greener Than the Grass (We Laid On)" " Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You" " You've Got Me to Hold On To" " Here's Some Love" " Ridin' Rainbows" " It's a Cowboy Lovin' Night" " You Are So Beautiful" " Dancing the Night Away" " Not Fade Away"/" Texas (When I Die)" " I'm the Singer, You're the Song" " Lay Back in the Arms of Someone"
1980s	" Pecos Promenade" " Dream Lover" (with Glen Campbell) " Can I See You Tonight" " Love Knows We Tried" " Should I Do It" " Feel Right" " Baby I'm Yours" " One Love at a Time" " Just Another Love" " I'll Come Back as Another Woman" " It's Only Over for You" " Love Me Like You Used To" " I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" (with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet) " If It Don't Come Easy" " Strong Enough to Bend" " Highway Robbery" " Call on Me" " Daddy and Home" " My Arms Stay Open All Night"
1990s	" Walking Shoes" " Don't Go Out" (with T. Graham Brown) " It Won't Be Me" " Oh What It Did to Me" " Down to My Last Teardrop" " (Without You) What Do I Do with Me" " Some Kind of Trouble" " If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight" " Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" " It's a Little Too Late" " Tell Me About It" (with Delbert McClinton) " Soon" " We Don't Have to Do This" " Hangin' In" " You Just Watch Me" " Between the Two of Them" " Find Out What's Happenin'" " Little Things"
2000s-2020s	" A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be" " Love's Gonna Live Here" (with Jim Lauderdale) " Bring My Flowers Now" " The House That Built Me" " Ready as I'll Never Be"
Featured singles	" Romeo" (credited as Dolly Parton and Friends) " You Ain't Woman Enough" (with Loretta Lynn)

Chart performance

Ed Bruce

Tanya Tucker

Year-end charts

In popular culture

References

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