Singing My Song

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"Singing My Song"
Single by Tammy Wynette
from the album Tammy's Greatest Hits
B-side "Too Far Gone"
ReleasedMarch 1969
Genre Country
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Tammy Wynette
Billy Sherrill
Glenn Sutton
Producer(s) Billy Sherrill
Tammy Wynette singles chronology
"Stand by Your Man"
(1968)
"Singing My Song"
(1969)
"The Ways to Love a Man"
(1969)

"Singing My Song" is a song recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette, who co-wrote the song with Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton. It was released in March 1969 as the first single from her compilation album Tammy's Greatest Hits . The song was Wynette's fifth number one on the country charts as a solo artist. The single spent two weeks at number one and a total of fourteen weeks on the charts. [1]

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Chart performance

Chart (1969)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] 75
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Top Singles65
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks35

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