You and Me (Tammy Wynette song)
"You and Me" is a 1976 single written by Billy Sherrill and George Richey and recorded by Tammy Wynette. "You and Me" was Tammy Wynette's sixteenth and final number one country hit as a solo artist. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.[1]
| "You and Me" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Tammy Wynette | ||||
| from the album You and Me | ||||
| B-side | "When Love Was All We Had" | |||
| Released | July 1976 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | June 1976 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
| Label | Epic 8-50264 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Sherrill and George Richey | |||
| Producer(s) | Billy Sherrill | |||
| Tammy Wynette singles chronology | ||||
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Composition
According to Richey in a 1987 interview,[2] the lyrics were inspired by his own (at the time) secret admiration for Wynette, who was still recovering from the fallout of her recent divorce from George Jones. The pair became close friends and eventually married two years later.
Chart performance
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100[3] | 101 |
| U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 28 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 6 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 19 |
References
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 400.
- "Arena: The Tammy Wynette Story". BBC. 1987.
- Whitburn, Joel (1998). Bubbling Under Singles & Albums. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 221. ISBN 0-89820-128-4.
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