| Optimistic | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Skeeter Davis |
| B-Side: | Blueberry Hill |
| Released: | September 1961 |
| Recorded: | June 29, 1961 |
| Studio: | RCA Victor Studio B Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[1] |
| Genre: | Country, Nashville Sound |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Producer: | Chet Atkins |
| Prev Title: | The Hands You're Holding Now |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Next Title: | Where I Ought to Be |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
"Optimistic" is a song written by Aubrey Freeman. In 1961, Skeeter Davis recorded and released the song as a single for RCA Victor.
"Optimistic" was recorded on June 29, 1961 at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.[1] The song was released as a single in September 1961 also, and it peaked at number ten on the Billboard Magazine Hot C&W Sides chart later that year. The single became Davis' fourth top-ten hit on the country chart at that point. The song was not originally issued onto an official album.[2]
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research.