You're My Jamaica (song)

"You're My Jamaica"
"You're My Jamaica"
Single by Charley Pride
from the album You're My Jamaica
B-side	"Let Me Have a Chance to Love (One More Time)"
Released	July 1979
Genre	Country
Length	3:31
Label	RCA Nashville
Songwriter	Kent Robbins
Producers	Jerry Bradley, Charley Pride
Charley Pride singles chronology

Last updated October 27, 2025

"You're My Jamaica" is a song written by Kent Robbins, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in July 1979 as the first single and title track from the album You're My Jamaica . The song was Pride's twenty-second number one country hit. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the country chart.^[1]

Cover versions

Pride re-recorded the song as a duet with Neal McCoy on McCoy's 2005 album That's Life .

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard )^[2]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	21

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 277.
↑ "Charley Pride Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
↑ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 277.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Charley_Pride-2] "Charley Pride Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[3] "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

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v t e Charley Pride singles
Albums Singles
1960s	"Just Between You and Me" "I Know One" "Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger" "The Day the World Stood Still" "The Easy Part's Over" "Let the Chips Fall" "Kaw-Liga "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)" "(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again" "Wings of a Dove"
1970s	"Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone" "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" "I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me" "I'd Rather Love You" "Did You Think to Pray"/"Let Me Live" "Me and Bobby McGee" "I'm Just Me" "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" "All His Children" (with Henry Mancini) "It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer" "She's Too Good to Be True" "A Shoulder to Cry On" "Don't Fight the Feelings of Love" "Amazing Love" "We Could" "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" "Then Who Am I" "I Ain't All Bad" "Hope You're Feelin' Me (Like I'm Feelin' You)" "The Happiness of Having You" "My Eyes Can Only See as Far as You" "A Whole Lotta Things to Sing About" "She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory" "I'll Be Leaving Alone" "More to Me" "Someone Loves You Honey" "When I Stop Leaving (I'll Be Gone)" "Burgers and Fries" "Where Do I Put Her Memory" "You're My Jamaica" "Missin' You"
1980s	"Honky Tonk Blues" "You Win Again" "You Almost Slipped My Mind" "Roll On Mississippi" "Never Been So Loved (In All My Life)" "Mountain of Love" "I Don't Think She's in Love Anymore" "You're So Good When You're Bad" "Why Baby Why" "More and More" "Night Games" "Ev'ry Heart Should Have One" "The Power of Love" "Missin' Mississippi" "Down on the Farm" "Let a Little Love Come In" "Have I Got Some Blues for You" "If You Still Want a Fool Around" "Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This" "I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio" "Amy's Eyes"
1990s	"Whole Lotta Love on the Line" "You've Got to Stand for Something"