A Letter to You

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"A Letter to You"
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Single by Shakin' Stevens
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side "Come Back and Love Me"
Released3 September 1984 (1984-09-03)
Genre Rock and roll
Length3:12
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Dennis Linde
Producer(s) Peter Collins [1]
Shakin' Stevens singles chronology
"A Love Worth Waiting For"
(1984)
"A Letter to You"
(1984)
"Teardrops"
(1984)
"In a Letter to You"
Single by Eddy Raven
from the album Temporary Sanity
B-side "Risky Business"
ReleasedMarch 1989
Genre Country
Length3:15
Label Universal
Songwriter(s) Dennis Linde
Producer(s) Barry Beckett
Eddy Raven singles chronology
"'Til You Cry"
(1988)
"In a Letter to You"
(1989)
"Bayou Boys"
(1989)

"A Letter to You" is a song written by Dennis Linde and originally recorded by Shakin' Stevens. [2] His version of the song went to #10 on the UK Singles Chart. [3]

Contents

Five years later, the song was covered by Eddy Raven under the title "In a Letter to You". His first release for Capitol Records, it was Raven's fifth number one on the country chart, staying at number one for one week and spending fourteen weeks in the Top 40. [4]

Chart performance

Shakin' Stevens

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 37
Denmark (Hitlisten) [6] 8
Germany (Official German Charts) [7] 44
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] 30
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 21
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 10

Eddy Raven

Weekly charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [10] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [12] 55
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [13] 18

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