She 's All I Got - Wikipedia She 's All I Got `` She 's All I Got '' Single by Freddie North from the album Friend Released 1971 Genre Country Length 2 : 45 Label Mankind Songwriter ( s ) Gary U.S. Bonds, Jerry Williams, Jr. Producer ( s ) Jerry Williams, Jr. Freddie North singles chronology `` She 's All I Got '' ( 1971 ) `` You and Me ( Together Forever ) '' ( 1971 ) `` She 's All I Got '' ( 1971 ) `` You and Me ( Together Forever ) '' ( 1971 ) `` She 's All I Got '' is a song written by Gary U.S. Bonds and Jerry Williams, Jr. in which the male narrator pleads to someone else not to take away his lover. It has been recorded by several artists. The first version, released in 1971 by Freddie North, was a Top 40 U.S. pop hit, and a version by Johnny Paycheck was a number 2 U.S. country hit that same year. A second country music version was released on Conway Twitty 's 1972 Decca LP I Ca n't See Me Without You. There was also a version titled `` He 's All I Got '' that was on Tanya Tucker 's 1972 album Delta Dawn. Yet another cover titled `` Do n't Take Her She 's All I 've Got '' was released by Tracy Byrd, whose version reached number 4 on the U.S. and Canadian country singles charts. Contents 1 Freddie North version 1.1 Chart positions 2 Johnny Paycheck version 2.1 Chart positions 3 Tracy Byrd version 3.1 Critical reception 3.2 Chart positions 3.3 Year - end charts 4 References Freddie North version Freddie North was the first artist to record the song, doing so on his album Friend. The only single from this album, it peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on Black Singles ( now Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ). It was the only chart single of North 's career. Chart positions Chart ( 1971 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 39 U.S. Billboard Black Singles 10 Johnny Paycheck version `` She 's All I Got '' Single by Johnny Paycheck from the album She 's All I Got B - side `` You Touched My Life '' Released October 9, 1971 Genre Country Length 2 : 54 Label Epic Songwriter ( s ) Gary U.S. Bonds, Jerry Williams, Jr. Producer ( s ) Billy Sherrill Johnny Paycheck singles chronology `` Wildfire '' ( 1971 ) `` She 's All I Got '' ( 1971 ) `` Someone to Give My Love To '' ( 1971 ) `` Wildfire '' ( 1971 ) `` She 's All I Got '' ( 1971 ) `` Someone to Give My Love To '' ( 1971 ) Johnny Paycheck 's version was released in October 1971 from his album of the same name. The song spent nineteen weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart, reaching a peak of number 2. It was also a number 91 single on the Billboard Hot 100, his only entry there. Chart positions Chart ( 1971 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 91 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Tracy Byrd version `` Do n't Take Her She 's All I Got '' Single by Tracy Byrd from the album Big Love B - side `` I Love You, That 's All '' Released January 27, 1997 Genre Country Length 3 : 26 Label MCA Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Gary U.S. Bonds, Jerry Williams, Jr. Producer ( s ) Tony Brown Tracy Byrd singles chronology `` Big Love '' ( 1996 ) `` Do n't Take Her She 's All I Got '' ( 1997 ) `` Do n't Love Make a Diamond Shine '' ( 1997 ) `` Big Love '' ( 1996 ) `` Do n't Take Her She 's All I Got '' ( 1997 ) `` Do n't Love Make a Diamond Shine '' ( 1997 ) Tracy Byrd 's version, retitled `` Do n't Take Her She 's All I Got '', is the second single released from his 1996 album Big Love. It peaked at number 4 on both the U.S. and Canadian country singles charts in 1997. Critical reception The single received a positive review in Billboard which praised Byrd 's vocal similarities to Paycheck, and said that `` Longtime fans will love hearing it again, and younger listeners will welcome Byrd 's introducing them to this country classic. '' Chart positions Chart ( 1997 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1997 ) Position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 48 US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 37 References Jump up ^ `` Freddie North singles ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2009 - 05 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Freddie North -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Freddie North. ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 319. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ `` Johnny Paycheck -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Johnny Paycheck. Jump up ^ `` Johnny Paycheck -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Johnny Paycheck. Jump up ^ Whitburn, p. 73 Jump up ^ `` Reviews ''. Billboard. 109 ( 4 ) : 60. 25 January 1997. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 3187. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. April 21, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Tracy Byrd -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Tracy Byrd. Jump up ^ `` RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997 ''. RPM. December 15, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Best of 1997 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013. 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Question: who sang don't take her she's all i got
Answer: Tracy Byrd