penny dehaven's 1969 version reached no. 37 on the "billboard" country chart. the song was covered in 1978 by kenny loggins on his "nightwatch" album, and twice in 1980, first by ry cooder, included it on his album, "borderline" and by d.l. byron, featuring backing vocals by billy joel. it was also recorded by depeche mode member martin gore for his first solo cd "counterfeit e.p." in 1989 but was ultimately left out of the final track listing. in 2012 the band u.s. girls covered the song on their album "gem". the country vocal group home free covered the song for their album "country evolution". holy sons (emil amos) covered the song on the album decline of the west volumes 1 and 2.