The Bottle Let Me Down

E247445
single song

"The Bottle Let Me Down" is a classic country song by Merle Haggard that poignantly explores heartbreak and the failure of alcohol to ease emotional pain.

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Merle Haggard ⓘ
bSide I Threw Away The Rose ⓘ
chartPerformance Billboard Hot Country Singles number 3 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre Bakersfield sound ⓘ
country ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
fiddle ⓘ
steel guitar ⓘ
hasLyric Each night I leave the barroom when it's over ⓘ
Tonight the bottle let me down ⓘ
hasNotableLine Tonight the bottle let me down and let your memory come around ⓘ
includedIn Merle Haggard compilation albums ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 2:45 ⓘ
notableCoverVersionBy Emmylou Harris ⓘ
Johnny Paycheck ⓘ
The Flying Burrito Brothers ⓘ
partOfAlbum Swinging Doors ⓘ
performer Merle Haggard ⓘ
producer Ken Nelson ⓘ
recordedBy Merle Haggard and The Strangers ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1966-08-22 ⓘ
releaseYear 1966 ⓘ
theme alcohol ⓘ
emotional pain ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
writer Merle Haggard ⓘ

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Merle Haggard → notableWork → The Bottle Let Me Down ⓘ
Bakersfield sound → notableSong → The Bottle Let Me Down ⓘ
Pieces of the Sky → hasTrack → The Bottle Let Me Down ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bottle Let Me Down