The song was written in 1967 and had been recorded more than two dozen times. I'll be there before the next teardrop falls Si te quiere de verdad Y te da felicidad Te deseo lo mas bueno pa'los dos Pero si te hace llorar A mi me puedes hablar Y estare contigo cuando triste estas I'll be there anytime you need me by your side To drive away every teardrop that you cried And if he ever leaves you blue Just remember, I love you Thomas; "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell; "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" and the two-sided hit "I'm Sorry"/"Calypso" by John Denver; and "Convoy" by C.W. This is one of those breakup songs where the girl has moved on, but the guy is having a hard time accepting that it's over. The song was used in the movie The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), starred and directed by Tommy Lee Jones. "I was glad to get it over with and I thought that would be the last of it." The song ascended to #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in March, spending two weeks atop the chart. The song had achieved modest success in versions by various performers; the original version by Duane Dee reached #44 on the Billboard country chart in early 1968, and Linda Martell sent her version to #33 in early 1970. Mexican singer Angelica Maria covered the song in an album of the same name in 1975. Al Green recorded the song in 2018 for the Amazon Music "Produced By" series. The four previous chart-toppers from her Teenage Dream set were "California Gurls," "Teenage Dream," "Firework"; and, "E.T. This was written by Ben Peters and Vivian Keith, both of whom worked at a publishing company in Nashville called Fingerlake Music (Peter's also wrote Charley Pride's hit ". The record producer Huey Meaux approached Fender to overdub vocals for the 1974 recording, which was already finished instrumentally. ... "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" by Freddy Fender was the number 1 hit song on May 25,1975. [3] Thereafter, the song caught on just as strongly at Top 40 radio stations and it was not long before Fender had a #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit as well. The mere existence of “Before The Next Teardrop Falls” is a minor miracle. climbed to #1 on the Hot 100, Katy Perry became the first woman to send five songs from one album to the top of the charts. A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs. I'll be there before the next teardrop falls F G7 C I'll be there anytime you need me by your side D7 G7 To dry away every teardrop that you cried C F C If he ever leaves you blue just remember I love you F C G7 C I'll be there before the next teardrop falls