I Wanna Say Yes

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"I Wanna Say Yes"
Single by Louise Mandrell
from the album Maybe My Baby
B-side "There'll Never Be Another for Me" [1]
ReleasedAugust 17, 1985
Genre Country
Length3:23
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) R.C. Bannon
Producer(s) R.C. Bannon
Louise Mandrell singles chronology
"Maybe My Baby"
(1985)
"I Wanna Say Yes"
(1985)
"Some Girls Have All the Luck"
(1986)

"I Wanna Say Yes" is a song written by R.C. Bannon, and recorded by American country music artist Louise Mandrell. It was released in August 1985 as the second single from the album Maybe My Baby. The song was the highest charting single of Mandrell's career, reaching number 5 on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1985)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks3

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References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 255. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. "Louise Mandrell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.