Wish You Were Here (Barbara Mandrell song)

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"Wish You Were Here"
Single by Barbara Mandrell
from the album Barbara Mandrell Live
B-side "She's Out There Dancin' Alone"
Released August 31, 1981
Genre Country
Length2:45
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan
Producer(s) Tom Collins
Barbara Mandrell singles chronology
"I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool"
(1981)
"Wish You Were Here"
(1981)
"'Till You're Gone"
(1982)

"I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool"
(1981)
"Wish You Were Here"
(1981)
"'Till You're Gone"
(1982)

"Wish You Were Here" is a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in August 1981 as the second and final single from her live album Barbara Mandrell Live . It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and number 11 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. [1]

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.

Dennis Morgan is an American songwriter and music publisher, best known for writing songs for Aretha Franklin, Faith Hill, Barbara Mandrell, and Eric Clapton. He has also published hit songs by Garth Brooks, All-4-One, Feargal Sharkey, and Trisha Yearwood.

Barbara Mandrell American country music singer and actress

Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer, musician, and actress. She is known for a long series of country hits in the 1970s and 1980s as well as her own prime-time variety TV show on NBC that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of that period. She gave her last concert at the Grand Ole Opry House on October 23, 1997. She then retired from performing music. Mandrell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009. Although retired, Mandrell is still a member of the Grand Ole Opry; an honor she has held since 1972.

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Chart performance

Chart (1981)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 2
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [3] 40
Canadian RPM Country Tracks11

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  2. "Barbara Mandrell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Barbara Mandrell Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.