Question: who wrote when you say nothing at all
Answer: `` When You Say Nothing at All '' Single by Keith Whitley from the album Do n't Close Your Eyes B - side `` Lucky Dog '' Released August 1988 Format 7 '' vinyl Recorded Genre Country Length 3 : 40 Label RCA Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Paul Overstreet Don Schlitz Producer ( s ) Garth Fundis , Keith Whitley Keith Whitley singles chronology `` Do n't Close Your Eyes '' ( 1988 ) `` When You Say Nothing at All '' ( 1988 ) `` I 'm No Stranger to the Rain '' ( 1989 ) `` Do n't Close Your Eyes '' ( 1988 ) `` When You Say Nothing at All '' ( 1988 ) `` I 'm No Stranger to the Rain '' ( 1989 )