Miracles (Don Williams song)

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"Miracles"
Single by Don Williams
from the album Especially for You
B-side "I Don't Want to Love You"
ReleasedJuly 4, 1981
Studio Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length3:03
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Roger Cook
Producer(s) Don Williams, Garth Fundis
Don Williams singles chronology
"Falling Again"
(1981)
"Miracles"
(1981)
"If I Needed You"
(1981)

"Miracles" is a song written by Roger Cook, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in July 1981 as the first single from the album Especially for You . The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

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Critical reception

A review in Record World was favorable, stating that "Deep, warm and sincere, his vocal makes this ballad a multi-format winner." [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1981)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks [4] 32
Canadian RPM Country Tracks3

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References

  1. Whitburn, Jack (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 386.
  2. "Hits of the week" (PDF). Record World: 1. June 27, 1981.
  3. "Don Williams Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2007). Top Adult Songs 1961–2006. Record Research, Inc. ISBN   978-0-89820-169-7.