Back in My Younger Days

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"Back in My Younger Days"
Single by Don Williams
from the album True Love
B-side "Diamonds to Rust"
ReleasedSeptember 1990
Genre Country
Length3:14
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Danny Flowers
Producer(s) Don Williams, Garth Fundis
Don Williams singles chronology
"Maybe That's All It Takes"
(1990)
"Back in My Younger Days"
(1990)
"True Love"
(1991)

"Back in My Younger Days" is a song written by Danny Flowers, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in September 1990 as the first single from Williams' album True Love. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in November 1990 [1] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2]

Contents

Chart performance

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 38

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References

  1. Don Williams Chart History
  2. RPM Country Tracks
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9103." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. December 8, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  4. "Don Williams Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM . December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.