"Reconsider Me" is a country/soul ballad written by Margaret Lewis and Mira Smith.

Johnny Adams recording

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's 1969 version was his biggest hit, peaking at No.8 on the American R&B charts and No.28 on the pop charts.

Narvel Felts recording

The highest-charting version is by American country music artist

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. Released in 1975, it was the first single from his album ''Narvel Felts''. The song peaked at No.2 on the ''

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chart and No.67 on the

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. It also reached No.1 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Other recordings

*In 1969,

Ray Pillow Herbert Raymond Pillow (July 4, 1937 – March 26, 2023) was an American country music singer, music publisher, and artists and repertoire (A&R) representative. In his career, he had 18 singles on the ''Billboard'' country songs chart, with his ...

's country version hit No.38 on the country charts. *The song was the title track of a 1971 album, ''Reconsider Me'', by

John Wesley Ryles John Wesley Ryles (born December 2, 1950) is an American country music artist. Ryles recorded a string of hit country songs, beginning in 1968 when he was still a teenager, and continuing through the 1980s. He no longer records as a headline art ...

, and as a single it hit No.39 on the country charts. *In 2009, Louisiana bluesman

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covered it on his album ''My Lady Don't Love My Lady''. *

Jimmy Barnes James Dixon Barnes ( Swan; born 28 April 1956) is an Australian rock singer. His career, both as a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel, has made him one of the most popular and best-selling Australian music a ...

included it on his 2009 album '' The Rhythm and the Blues''. *In 2013,

Dayna Kurtz Dayna Kurtz is an American singer/songwriter. Her music is a blend of jazz, folk, pop and blues. She began her career in 1989, touring small stages up and down the East Coast, promoting her work with a sparse but haunting self-recorded demo tape ...

recorded the track for her album ''Secret Canon Vol. 2''.

Chart performance

Johnny Adams

Ray Pillow

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Narvel Felts

References

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