Don't Count the Rainy Days

"Don't Count the Rainy Days"
"Don't Count the Rainy Days"
Single by Michael Martin Murphey
from the album The Heart Never Lies
B-side	"The Heart Never Lies"
Released	August 19, 1983
Genre	Country
Length	3:30
Label	Liberty
Songwriter(s)	Jerry Careaga, Wayland Holyfield
Producer(s)	Jim Ed Norman
Michael Martin Murphey singles chronology

B-side"The Heart Never Lies"

ReleasedAugust 19, 1983

GenreCountry

Length3:30

"Don't Count the Rainy Days" is a song written by Jerry Careaga and Wayland Holyfield, and recorded by American country music artist Michael Martin Murphey. It was released in August 1983 as the lead single from the album The Heart Never Lies. The song peaked at number 9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles in early 1983 and at number 6 on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100.^[1]

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Chart (1983)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	9
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[3]	16
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)^[4]	6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	22

v t e Michael Martin Murphey
1970s albums	Geronimo's Cadillac (1972) Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir (1973) Michael Murphey (1974) Blue Sky – Night Thunder (1975) Swans Against the Sun (1975) Flowing Free Forever (1976) Lone Wolf (1978) Peaks, Valleys, Honky Tonks & Alleys (1979)
1980s albums	Hard Country (1981) Michael Martin Murphey (1982) The Heart Never Lies (1983) The Best of Michael Martin Murphey (1984) Tonight We Ride (1986) Americana (1987) River of Time (1988) Land of Enchantment (1989)
1990s albums	Cowboy Songs (1990) Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II (1991) Cowboy Songs III (1993) Sagebrush Symphony (1995) The Horse Legends (1997) Cowboy Songs Four (1998) Acoustic Christmas Carols: Cowboy Christmas II (1999)
2000s albums	Playing Favorites (2001) Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II (2002) Cowboy Christmas III (2002) Live at Billy Bob's Texas (2004) Heartland Cowboy: Cowboy Songs, Vol. 5 (2006) Buckaroo Blue Grass (2009)
2010s albums	Lone Cowboy (2010) Buckaroo Blue Grass II (2010) Tall Grass & Cool Water (2011) Campfire on the Road (2012) Red River Drifter (2013) High Stakes (2016)
Notable singles	"Geronimo's Cadillac" "Wildfire" "Mansion on the Hill" "Cherokee Fiddle" "What's Forever For" "Still Taking Chances" "Love Affairs" "Don't Count the Rainy Days" "Will It Be Love by Morning" "Disenchanted" "Radio Land" "What She Wants" "Carolina in the Pines" "Rollin' Nowhere" "Fiddlin' Man" "A Face in the Crowd" (with Holly Dunn) "A Long Line of Love" "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl" "Talkin' to the Wrong Man" (with Ryan Murphey) "Pilgrims on the Way (Matthew's Song)" "From the Word Go" "Never Givin' Up on Love" "Route 66" "Big Iron"
Related articles	Discography Ryan Murphey Rio Grande Band Pat Flynn

Don't Count the Rainy Days

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