Tumbleweed (song)

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"Tumbleweed"
Single by Sylvia
from the album Drifter
B-side "Anytime, Anyplace
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1980
Genre Country
Length3:11
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan
Producer(s) Tom Collins
Sylvia singles chronology
"It Don't Hurt to Dream"
(1980)
"Tumbleweed"
(1980)
"Drifter"
(1981)

"Tumbleweed" is a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music artist Sylvia. It was released in September 1980 as the second single from the album Drifter . The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 10

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 341.
  2. "Sylvia Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.