I'm a Drifter

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"I'm a Drifter"
Single by Bobby Goldsboro
from the album Today
B-side "Hoboes and Kings"
Released 1969 [1]
RecordedApril 24, 1968 [1] or February 14, 1969 [2]
Studio RCA Studio B (Nashville, Tennessee) [3]
Genre Pop
Length3:23
Label United Artists Records
Songwriter(s) Bobby Goldsboro [1]
Producer(s) Bob Montgomery & Bobby Goldsboro [1]
Bobby Goldsboro singles chronology
"Glad She's a Woman"
(1969)
"I'm a Drifter"
(1969)
"Muddy Mississippi Line"
(1969)

"I'm a Drifter" is a song written and sung by Bobby Goldsboro, which he released in 1969. The song spent 10 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 46, [4] while reaching No. 14 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart, [5] No. 22 of Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, [6] No. 44 on the Cash Box Top 100, [7] No. 36 on Canada's RPM 100, [8] and No. 9 on RPM's Adult Contemporary chart. [9]

Chart performance

Chart (1969)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 10046 [4]
US Billboard Easy Listening14 [5]
US Billboard Hot Country Singles22 [6]
US Cash Box Top 10044 [7]
Canada - RPM 10036 [8]
Canada - RPM Adult Contemporary9 [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "You've come a long way Bobby.", Billboard , October 5, 1974. p. BG-20
  2. Praguefrank
  3. "Songs of Bobby Goldsboro" (PDF). Billboard. 5 October 1974. p. BG-20. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  4. 1 2 Bobby Goldsboro - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed September 21, 2015
  5. 1 2 Bobby Goldsboro - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed September 21, 2015
  6. 1 2 "Hot Country Singles", Billboard , July 5, 1969. p. 45
  7. 1 2 Cash Box Top 100, Cash Box , June 7, 1969. p. 4. Accessed July 13, 2016.
  8. 1 2 "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, No. 15 June 9, 1969. p. 11. Accessed September 21, 2015
  9. 1 2 "Young Adult", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, No. 17, June 23, 1969. Accessed September 21, 2015