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"Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" is a 1973 song written and first recorded by American singer-songwriter Linda Laurie.It was famously covered by Australian-American singer Helen Reddy several months later; Reddy's cover was a million-selling, Gold-certified hit single.
Of those 20 Hot 100 entries, 19 were also Canadian pop hits in RPM, [7] and four of them – the three number ones and her number three hit "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" – earned Gold certification from the RIAA for the sales of one million copies that was the requirement for singles at that time. [3]
"Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" was released as a single on October 29 of that year [8] and had 16 weeks on the pop chart that began in the November 3 issue and eventually included two weeks at number three. [9] It also spent 16 weeks on the Easy Listening chart that started in the November 10 issue and included four weeks at number one. [10]
"Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" Helen Reddy: January 12 "Time in a Bottle" Jim Croce: January 19 "The Joker" Steve Miller Band: January 26 "Show and Tell" Al Wilson: February 2 "You're Sixteen" Ringo Starr: February 9 "The Way We Were" Barbra Streisand: February 16 "The Americans" Byron MacGregor: February 23 "Love's Theme" Love Unlimited ...
However, her biggest hit as a songwriter came with "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)," which went to #3 for Helen Reddy in late 1973. Laurie's version was issued by MCA Records earlier in the year. She also wrote the theme song for the 1970s Saturday-morning show " Land of the Lost ," which was featured in the 2009 movie featuring Will Ferrell .
"Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)", by Helen Reddy, 1973 "Oildale ... "Leave Me Alone", by Hanna Pakarinen representing Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
These tracks included Kenny Rankin's "Peaceful" (number 12), the Alex Harvey country ballad "Delta Dawn" (number one), Linda Laurie's "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (number three), Danny Janssen & Bobby Hart's "Keep on Singing" (number 15), Paul Williams' "You and Me Against the World" (featuring daughter Traci reciting the spoken bookends ...
"Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (Linda Laurie) – 3:26 "Keep On Singing" (Bobby Hart, Danny Janssen) – 3:03 "The West Wind Circus" (Adam Miller) – 4:25 "You and Me Against the World" (Kenny Ascher, Paul Williams) – 3:08 "Angie Baby" – 3:29 "I Think I'll Write a Song" (Peter Allen, Helen Reddy) – 2:22