Golden Ring is the seventh studio album by American country music artists George Jones and Tammy Wynette, released in August 1976[1] on the Epic Records label.

Although Jones and Wynette had divorced in 1975,[2] Epic still released duets they had recorded together because public interest in the couple remained so intense.

Jones, who at the time made no secret of the fact that he still carried a torch for his ex-wife, later addressed the issue of reteaming with Wynette in his 1996 memoir by insisting, "That wasn't my idea.

Jones accepted the responsibility for the failure of the marriage but vehemently denied Wynette's allegations in her autobiography that he beat her and fired a shotgun at her.

The man accuses his wife of planning to leave town; the woman retorts by telling her husband she doesn't love him anymore and throws down the ring "as she walks out the door."

This was followed with another number one, "Near You", a pop standard written and originally recorded by Francis Craig and His Orchestra in 1947 with lyrics provided by Kermit Goell.