"Three Days" is a song written by

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. It was originally recorded by American

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artist

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on his 1961 album ''The Young Approach''. Young's version was released as a single in January 1962 and peaked at number 7 on the ''

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chart. Nelson recorded his own version of the song on his 1962 debut album, '' ...And Then I Wrote''. He later re-recorded the song for his 1998 album '' Teatro'' with backing vocals by

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. "Three Days" was also recorded by Canadian country music artist

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on her 1989 album '' Absolute Torch and Twang''. lang's version was released in October 1989 as the album's second single. It peaked at number 9 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in January 1990. On the 1996

tribute album, ''Twisted Willie'', the song was performed by L7 with backup vocals by

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Chart performance

Faron Young

k.d. lang

References

1961 songs 1962 singles 1989 singles Willie Nelson songs Faron Young songs K.d. lang songs Capitol Records singles Sire Records singles Songs written by Willie Nelson Song recordings produced by Ken Nelson (American record producer) {{1960s-country-song-stub