"Make the World Go Away'" is a country pop song composed by Hank Cochran. It has become a Top 40 popular success three times: for Timi Yuro (1963), Eddy Arnold (1965), and the brother-sister duo Donny and Marie Osmond (1975). The original version of the song was recorded by Ray Price in 1963. It has remained a country-crooner standard ever since. History Hank Cochran wrote the song while he was on a date at a movie theater in 1960 when the film inspired him. He left the theater quickly, and by the time he got home fifteen minutes later had composed "Make the World Go Away". Ray Price recorded the song, and it scored No.2 on the Billboard country charts in 1963. The next year Eddy Arnold would make the song his signature hit, scoring No. 1 on the country music charts and then in 1965 No. 6 on the overall Billboard Hot 100 chart (his highest rated song ever). Cochran was already a successful songwriter, having written two successes for Patsy Cline: "I Fall to Pieces" (with Harlan Howard) and "She's Got You". "Make the World Go Away" was recorded first by Ray Price and was one of Price's first songs to feature an orchestra and female chorus, a trend that continued with other songs like "Burning Memories" and "For the Good Times". Price's album peaked at No. 2 on the country chart and No. 100 on the album chart. Versions Many artists have covered this song over the years, here are a few examples: During 1963, Timi Yuro released a soul music version of the song from her album of the same name. A moderate success, the single reached No. 24 on the Billboard U.S. top 40 music chart and as much as No. 11 on the Canadian charts. At his last recording session in July 1964, Jim Reeves recorded a version of the song which became the opening track to his 1965 album The Jim Reeves Way. "Make the World Go Away" was a greater success for Eddy Arnold during 1965, scoring No. 1 on the country music chart and also scoring No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart. It reached No. 6 on the singles chart. "Make the World Go Away" was part of the so-called Nashville sound, an early mixture of popular with country music, and it became one of the most popular recordings of