Porter Wagoner – Misery Loves Company

“Misery Loves Company” is a 1961 song by Jerry Reed,recorded first by Porter Wagoner. The single was the second number one country song of his career staying at the top spot for two weeks. “Misery Loves Company” spent twenty-nine weeks on the chart.

It was covered in 1977 by Moe Bandy on his LP Cowboys Ain’t Supposed to Cry. Another cover was recorded by Ronnie Milsap, and was credited as a B-side to his 1980 No. 1 country hit “Cowboys and Clowns.”

From the album A Slice of Life
B-side “I Cried Again”
Released November 1961
Recorded 1961, RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Jerry Reed
Producer(s) Chet Atkins

Porter Wagoner – Misery Loves Company Lyrics
So break out the bottle bring on the crowd
Just gather round me cause misery loves a company
I’ve just left my home friends where I couldn’t sleep
For missin’ a woman that I couldn’t keep
She just walked out and left me for somebody else
Now her memory keeps hauntin’ me when I’m by myself

So break out the bottle bring on the crowd
Tell funny stories turn the jukebox up loud
Come on sit at my table where the drinks are on me
Just gather round me cause misery loves company

Now I’m not the first one who’s lost everything
To a false hearted woman with a false hearted dream
But this is the first time I’ve suffered myself
Help me get over this love I’ll handle the next love all by myself

So break out the bottle bring on the crowd
Tell funny stories turn the jukebox up loud
Come on sit at my table where the drinks are on me
Just gather round me cause misery loves company