Desperately (Don Williams song)

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"Desperately"
Single by Don Williams
from the album Traces
B-side "You Love Me Through It All"
ReleasedAugust 13, 1988
Genre Country
Length3:10
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Jamie O'Hara, Kevin Welch
Producer(s) Don Williams, Garth Fundis
Don Williams singles chronology
"Another Place, Another Time"
(1988)
"Desperately"
(1988)
"Old Coyote Town"
(1989)

"Desperately" is a song written by Jamie O'Hara and Kevin Welch, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in August 1988 as the third single from the album Traces. The song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks [3] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [4] 83

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