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"Carry Me Carrie"
Single by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
from the album Sloppy Seconds
B-side"I Call That True Love"
Released22 September 1972
Genre Country rock
Length4:18
Label Columbia Records, CBS Records
Songwriter(s) Shel Silverstein
Producer(s) Ron Haffkine
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show singles chronology
" Sylvia's Mother"
(1972)
"Carry Me Carrie"
(1972)
" The Cover of Rolling Stone"
(1972)

"Carry Me, Carrie" is the third single by American country rock band Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, released in 1972. [1] It appeared on the group's second album, Sloppy Seconds. [2]

Record World said that " Shel Silverstein provides the material, a driving rhythm item that presents the other side of the ' Lean On Me' idea." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Carry Me Carrie" Shel Silverstein4:18
2."I Call That True Love"Shel Silverstein2:59

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1972) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 71
US Cash Box Top 100 74
Canada RPM Top Singles 82
Netherlands 21
Germany 29

References

  1. ^ Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Carry Me Carrie at 45 Cat
  2. ^ Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Carry Me Carrie at Paste Magazine
  3. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. September 2, 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-29.

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