Boys like You (Gail Davies song) explained

Boys like You
Type:single
Artist:Gail Davies
Album:What Can I Say
B-Side:"What Can I Say"[1]
Released:March 1984
Recorded:June 1983
Nashville, TN, U.S.
Label:Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer:Gail Davies
Prev Title:You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:It's You Alone
Next Year:1984

"Boys like You" is a song written by Gail Davies and Walker Igleheart. It was recorded and released as a single by Davies, an American country artist. It was released on her fifth studio record entitled What Can I Say.

"Boys like You" was originally recorded in June 1983 at the "Groundstar Recording Lab", located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. "It's You Alone" (a song written by her brother Ron Davies) was also recorded during this session and would be released as Davies' next single. The song's session was produced completely by Davies.[1] "Boys like You" was released as the second single from her album What Can I Say. Released in March 1984, the single peaked at number nineteen on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, becoming Davies' tenth "top-twenty" hit.[2] In addition, the single peaked within the top-thirty on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Canada Country Songs (RPM)26
US Hot Country Singles & Tracks (Billboard)19

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies: Gail Davies. Praguefrank's Country Discographies. 31 May 2014.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research.
  3. Web site: Search results for "Gail Davies" under Country Singles. RPM. 29 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140529091422/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=vnvhtcprart7bdmg48d18h1k62&q1=gail+davies&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20. 29 May 2014. dead.