You're My Best Friend (Don Williams song) explained

You're My Best Friend
Cover:youremybestfrienddonwilliams.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Don Williams
Album:You're My Best Friend
B-Side:Where Are You
Released:April 1975
Recorded:1974
Genre:Country
Length:2:43
Label:ABC/Dot
Producer:Don Williams
Prev Title:The Ties That Bind
Prev Year:1974
Next Title:(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight
Next Year: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.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1975)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
South Africa (Springbok)[3] 4
U.K. Singles Chart35
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 50

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 385.
  2. http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27690/don-williams/ "UK Charts history: Don Williams"
  3. Web site: SA Charts 1965–March 1989. 14 January 2020.
  4. 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.