Winter in America (song)

1976 song by Doug Ashdown

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

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The lyrics are set in the United States during December and describe a man whose partner has left him for someone else. He expresses his heartache and sadness, though also hopes she's happier with the other man.[1]

## Background

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It was originally titled "Leave Love Enough Alone" and released in 1974, but failed to become a hit.[1][2] When retitled "Winter in America" in 1976, it became a hit in Australia, reaching #14 in Melbourne and #30 in Sydney. In 1978, it also became a hit in Belgium[3] and the Netherlands.[4]

"Winter in America" has been covered by Marco Bakker (1984), Gerard Cox (1987) and René Froger (1988), and in Dutch by The Kik (2014), titled "December".[5][6] Ashdown's original was also covered in 1994 by the Australian band The Robertson Brothers.

## Sources

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1. ^ a b 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. ^ "MILESAGO - Record Labels - Billingsgate".
3. ^ "Radio 2, de grootste familie | Voorpagina". Archived from the original on 2015-07-17.
4. ^ "Doug Ashdown - Winter in America".
5. ^ "The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - WINTER IN AMERICA".
6. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl".

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