"Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" was a million-selling, Gold-certified hit single for Helen Reddy in 1973 . The song was written by Linda Laurie. In the summer of 1973 Laurie recorded "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" for MCA Records; the song was shopped to Helen Reddy who recorded it for her Long Hard Climb album which was released August 1973 and the track was issued as a single that October.Capitol Records issued "Leave Me Alone" as the follow-up single to Reddy's No.