Winter in America (song)

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Winter in America is a 1976 song by Doug Ashdown, written by him and . It was released as a single and on his album Winter in America (Festival Records / Infinity 1976). The song was a Top 20 hit song in Australia and The Netherlands.

Lyrics[]

The lyrics are set in the United States during December and describe a man whose partner left him for another. He expresses his heartache and sadness, though also hopes she's happier with him.[1]

Background[]

It was originally titled Leave Love Enough Alone and released in 1974, but failed to become a hit.[1][2] Only when he retitled it as Winter in America in 1976 it became a hit song in Australia, reaching #14 in Melbourne and #30 in Sydney. In 1978 it also became a hit song in Belgium[3] and the Netherlands.[4]

Winter in America has been covered by (1984), Gerard Cox (1987), René Froger (1988) and in Dutch by The Kik (2014) as December.[5][6] Ashdown's original was also covered in 1994 by the Australian band The Robertson Brothers.

Sources[]

  1. ^ a b Kruger, Debbie (July–August 2002). "They Wrote The Songs: Songwriters discuss the stories and inspirations behind their most famous songs". Aprap. Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  2. ^ "MILESAGO - Record Labels - Billingsgate".
  3. ^ "Radio 2, de grootste familie | Voorpagina". Archived from the original on 2015-07-17.
  4. ^ "Doug Ashdown - Winter in America".
  5. ^ "The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - WINTER IN AMERICA".
  6. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl".
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