You're the Power

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"You're the Power"
Single by Kathy Mattea
from the album Walk the Way the Wind Blows
B-side "Song for the Life"
Released February 7, 1987
Genre Country
Length3:07
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Craig Bickhardt, F.C. Collins
Producer(s) Allen Reynolds
Kathy Mattea singles chronology
"Walk the Way the Wind Blows"
(1986)
"You're the Power"
(1987)
"Train of Memories"
(1987)

"Walk the Way the Wind Blows"
(1986)
"You're the Power"
(1987)
"Train of Memories"
(1987)

"You're the Power" is a song written by Craig Bickhardt and F.C. Collins, and recorded by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in February 1987 as the third single from the album Walk the Way the Wind Blows . The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Craig Bickhardt is an American country music singer and songwriter. His musical career includes co-writing credits for The Judds, Steve Wariner, Kathy Mattea and others. He was also a member of S-K-B, formerly S-K-O, after Paul Overstreet exited the band. He has released three studio albums of his own.

Kathy Mattea American musician, activist

Kathleen Alice Mattea is an American country music and bluegrass singer. Active since 1984 as a recording artist, she has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including four that reached No. 1: "Goin' Gone", "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses", "Come from the Heart", and "Burnin' Old Memories", plus twelve more that charted within the top ten. She has released fourteen studio albums, two Christmas albums, and one greatest hits album. Most of her material was recorded for Universal Music Group Nashville's Mercury Records Nashville division between 1984 and 2000, with later albums being issued on Narada Productions, her own Captain Potato label, and Sugar Hill Records. Among her albums, she has received five gold certifications and one platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). She has collaborated with Dolly Parton, Michael McDonald, Tim O'Brien, and her husband, Jon Vezner. Mattea is also a two-time Grammy Award winner: in 1990 for "Where've You Been", and in 1993 for her Christmas album Good News. Her style is defined by traditional country, bluegrass, folk, and Celtic music influences.

<i>Walk the Way the Wind Blows</i> album by Kathy Mattea

Walk the Way the Wind Blows is the third album released by American country music singer Kathy Mattea. It was released in 1986 on Mercury Records. This album produced Mattea's first Top Ten country hit in "Love at the Five and Dime", which reached #3 on the Billboard country charts. Following this song were three more Top Ten hits: the title track at #10, "You're the Power" at #5, and "Train of Memories" at #6.

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"Whole Lotta Holes" is a song written by Jon Vezner and Don Henry, and recorded by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in July 1991 as the second single from the album Time Passes By. The song reached #18 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The Roches provide background vocals.

"455 Rocket" is a song written by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, and recorded by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in January 1997 as the first single from the album Love Travels. The song reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

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"Maybe She's Human" is a song recorded by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in November 1994 as the third single from the album Walking Away a Winner. The song reached No. 34 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by Kent Robbins and Layng Martine, Jr.

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 217.
  2. "Kathy Mattea Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.