Somebody Like Me (Eddy Arnold song)

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"Somebody Like Me"
Single by Eddy Arnold
from the album Somebody Like Me
B-side "Taking Chances"
ReleasedSeptember 1966
Genre Country
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Wayne Carson
Producer(s) Chet Atkins
Eddy Arnold singles chronology
"The Tip of My Fingers"
(1966)
"Somebody Like Me"
(1966)
"The First Word"
(1966)

"Somebody Like Me" is a 1966 single by Eddy Arnold. "Somebody Like Me" was a number one country song spending four weeks at the top spot and a total of eighteen weeks on the chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1966)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart1
U.S. Billboard Hot 10053
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening chart [2] 15
Canadian RPM Top Singles [3] 54

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 31.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 23.
  3. "RPM Top 100 Singles - November 21, 1966" (PDF).