I Wonder Do You Think of Me (song)

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"I Wonder Do You Think of Me"
Single by Keith Whitley
from the album I Wonder Do You Think of Me
B-side "Brother Jukebox"
ReleasedJune 1989
RecordedApril 1989
Genre Country
Length3:12
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Sanger D. Shafer
Producer(s) Garth Fundis
Keith Whitley
Keith Whitley singles chronology
"I'm No Stranger to the Rain"
(1989)
"I Wonder Do You Think of Me"
(1989)
"It Ain't Nothin'"
(1989)

"I Wonder Do You Think of Me" is a song written by Sanger D. Shafer, and recorded by American country music artist Keith Whitley. It was posthumously released in June 1989 as the first single and title track from the album I Wonder Do You Think of Me . The song was Whitley's fourth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart. [1]

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Chart performance

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 80
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 14

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