Down to My Last Teardrop

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"Down to My Last Teardrop"
Down to My Last Teardrop - Tanya Tucker.jpg
Single by Tanya Tucker
from the album What Do I Do with Me
B-side "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight"
ReleasedJune 22, 1991
Genre Country
Length3:28
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Paul Davis
Producer(s) Jerry Crutchfield
Tanya Tucker singles chronology
"Oh What It Did to Me"
(1991)
"Down to My Last Teardrop"
(1991)
"(Without You) What Do I Do with Me"
(1991)

"Down to My Last Teardrop" is a song written by Paul Davis, and recorded by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. It was released in June 1991 as the first single from Tucker's album What Do I Do with Me . The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1991, behind Brooks & Dunn's "Brand New Man" [1] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2]

Contents

Chart performance

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 39
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 27

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References

  1. Tanya Tucker Chart History
  2. RPM Country Tracks
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  4. "Tanya Tucker Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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  6. "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.