You're My Best Friend (album)

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You're My Best Friend
Youremybestfrienddonwilliamsalbum.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1975
Studio Jack Clement Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country
Length28:38
Label ABC/Dot
Producer Allen Reynolds (tracks 2, 3, 9), Don Williams (all tracks)
Don Williams chronology
Don Williams Vol. III
(1974)
You're My Best Friend
(1975)
Harmony
(1975)
Singles from You're My Best Friend

You're My Best Friend is the fourth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Don Williams. Released in April 1975 on the ABC-Dot label, the album reached number five on the US Country Albums chart. [1] "You're My Best Friend" and "(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight" were released as singles in 1975, both reaching number one on the Billboard country singles chart. [2]

Contents

Background

The previous year, Don Williams achieved his first number-one single with the song "I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me". [3] He teamed up again with regular collaborators, including Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds, Dickey Lee and Wayland Holyfield to craft another chart success. [4]

Track listing

from the original vinyl [5]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You're My Best Friend" Wayland Holyfield 2:43
2."Help Yourselves to Each Other" Bob McDill 2:29
3."I Don't Wanna Let Go"Holyfield3:12
4."Sweet Fever" Dickey Lee, McDill2:17
5."Someone Like You"Lee, McDill3:02
6."(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight"McDill2:18
7."Where Are You" Don Williams 2:51
8."Tempted"Al Turney3:27
9."You're the Only One"Williams2:44
10."Reason to Be"Kerry Livgren, Williams3:02

Personnel

Charts

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