Winter in America (Doug Ashdown song)

Winter in America is a 1976 song by Doug Ashdown, written by him and Jimmy Stewart. 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 Marco Bakker (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. 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. http://www.milesago.com/labels/billingsgate.htm
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20150717034125/http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1978/04/15
  4. https://www.top40.nl/doug-ashdown/doug-ashdown-winter-in-america-10018
  5. http://www.originals.be/nl/originals/8170
  6. https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=Winter%20in%20America&cat=s
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