Lay Down Beside Me Explained

Lay Down Beside Me
Type:single
Artist:Don Williams
Album:Expressions
B-Side:I Would Like to See You Again
Released:March 17, 1979
Genre:Country
Length:2:53
Label:MCA
Producer:Don Williams, Garth Fundis
Prev Title:Tulsa Time
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:It Must Be Love
Next Year:1979

"Lay Down Beside Me" is a song written by American country music artist Don Williams. It was first recorded by Kenny Rogers on his 1977 self-titled album.

Williams later released his own version which was released as the second single from his 1979 album, Expressions. The single reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1979.[1]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 88
Canadian RPM Country Tracks2

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 386.
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 338.
  3. Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979. Billboard. July 30, 2021.