Years (song) explained

Years
Cover:Mandrell Years single.JPG
Type:single
Artist:Barbara Mandrell
Album:Just for the Record
B-Side:Darlin'
Released:December 7, 1979
Genre:Country
Length:3:54
Label:MCA
Producer:Tom Collins
Prev Title:Fooled by a Feeling
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Crackers
Next Year:1980

"Years" is a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in December 1979 as the second single from the album Just for the Record. The song was Mandrell's third number one on the country chart. It stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of ten weeks in the country top 40.[1]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979–1980)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks1

Year-end charts

Wayne Newton cover

Years
Type:single
Artist:Wayne Newton
Album:Night Eagle I
B-Side:Rhythm Rhapsody
Released:January 1980
Recorded:1979
Genre:Easy listening
Length:3:38
Label:Aries II
Producer:Tom Collins
Prev Title:I Apologize
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:While the Feeling's Good (with Tammy Wynette)
Next Year:1989

A cover version by Wayne Newton was released as a single in 1980 and reached #35 on the Billboard Hot 100, his last Top 40 hit.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 213.
  2. Web site: Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1980. Billboard. July 15, 2021.
  3. Web site: Artist Search for "wayne newton" . . October 15, 2016.