There You Are (Willie Nelson song)

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"There You Are"
Single by Willie Nelson
from the album A Horse Called Music
B-side "Spirit"
ReleasedSeptember 1989 (1989-09)
Genre Country
Length3:04
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Kye Fleming
Mike Reid
Producer(s) Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson singles chronology
"Nothing I Can Do About It Now"
(1989)
"There You Are"
(1989)
"Highway"
(1990)

"There You Are" is a song written by Mike Reid and Kye Fleming, and recorded by American country music artist Willie Nelson. It was released in September 1989 as the second single from his album A Horse Called Music , and his last release in the 1980s. The song peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1]

Michael Barry Reid is an American country music artist, composer, and former American football player.

Kye Fleming is an American singer/songwriter and music publisher working in Nashville, Tennessee. She was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009 and has won more than 42 BMI Awards, including BMI Songwriter of the Year for 3 consecutive years (1981–83). Fifteen of her compositions have achieved over one million performances each. Some of the most successful songs Fleming has written or co-written include: "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool", "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed", "Smoky Mountain Rain", "Roll On Mississippi", "Years", "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World", "Nobody", "Kansas City Lights", and "Give Me Wings". In 2012, she was an honoree of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's Poets and Prophets series which honors songwriters deemed to have made a significant contribution to country music. The series featured an extended interview with Fleming before an audience at the Country Music Hall of Fame, and film clips, recordings, and photos of Fleming's life work and awards. Some of the artists who have recorded Fleming's songs are: Barbara Mandrell, Ronnie Milsap, The Judds, Sylvia, Steve Wariner, Wynonna Judd, Joe Cocker, Charlie Pride, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, Janis Ian, Michael Johnson, Tina Turner, Amy Grant, and Bette Midler.

Willie Nelson American country music singer-songwriter

Willie Hugh Nelson is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana.

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Chart performance

Chart (1989–1990)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 4
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 60

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References

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  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6632." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. February 3, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  3. "Willie Nelson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM . December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.