Land of the Living (Pam Tillis song)

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"Land of the Living"
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Single by Pam Tillis
from the album Greatest Hits
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1997
Genre Country
Length3:32
Label Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s) Tia Sillers, Wayland Patton
Producer(s) Billy Joe Walker Jr., Pam Tillis
Pam Tillis singles chronology
"All the Good Ones Are Gone"
(1997)
"Land of the Living"
(1997)
"I Said a Prayer"
(1998)

"Land of the Living" is a song written by Tia Sillers and Wayland Patton, and recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released in September 1997 as the second single from her Greatest Hits compilation album. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 16
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 5

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 348.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3424." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. January 12, 1998. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  3. "Pam Tillis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.