You're My Best Friend (Don Williams song)

"You're My Best Friend"
Single by Don Williams
from the album You're My Best Friend
B-side "Where Are You"
Released April 1975
Format 7"
Recorded 1974
Genre Country
Length 2:43
Label ABC/Dot
Writer(s) Wayland Holyfield
Producer(s) Don Williams
Don Williams singles chronology
"The Ties That Bind"
(1974)
"You're My Best Friend"
(1975)
"(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight"
(1975)

"You're My Best Friend" is a song written by Wayland Holyfield, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in April 1975 as the first single and title track from the album You're My Best Friend. The song was Williams' second No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in June 1975.[1] It has since become one of Williams' signature songs, also reaching the UK Top 40.

Chart performance

Chart (1975–1976) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
U.K. Singles Chart 35
Australian Kent Music Report 50

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 385.
Preceded by
"When Will I Be Loved"
by Linda Ronstadt
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

June 21, 1975
Succeeded by
"Tryin' to Beat the Morning Home"
by T. G. Sheppard
Preceded by
"I Ain't All Bad"
by Charley Pride
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

June 28, 1975
Succeeded by
"Lizzie and the Rainman"
by Tanya Tucker
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