Winter in America (song)

Winter in America is a 1976 song by Doug Ashdown, written by him and Jimmy Stewart. It was released as a single and on his album Winter in America (Festival Records / Infinity 1976). The song was a Top 20 hit song in Australia and The Netherlands.

Lyrics
The lyrics are set in the United States during December and describe a man whose partner has left him for someone else. He expresses his heartache and sadness, though also hopes she's happier with the other man.

Background
It was originally titled "Leave Love Enough Alone" and released in 1974, but failed to become a hit. When retitled "Winter in America" in 1976, it became a hit in Australia, reaching #14 in Melbourne and #30 in Sydney. In 1978, it also became a hit in Belgium and the Netherlands.

"Winter in America" has been covered by Marco Bakker (1984), Gerard Cox (1987) and René Froger (1988), and in Dutch by The Kik (2014), titled "December". Ashdown's original was also covered in 1994 by the Australian band The Robertson Brothers.