You Still Get to Me in My Dreams

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"You Still Get to Me in My Dreams"
Single by Tammy Wynette
from the album Soft Touch
B-side "If I Didn't Have a Heart"
ReleasedJuly 1982 (1982-07)
RecordedJanuary 1982
Studio Woodland Studios
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genre Country
Length3:09
Label Epic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) George Richey
Tammy Wynette singles chronology
"Another Chance"
(1982)
"You Still Get to Me in My Dreams"
(1982)
"A Good Night's Love"
(1983)

"You Still Get to My Dreams" is a song written by A.L. "Doodle" Owens and Bill Shore, recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. It was released in July 1982 as the second single from the album Soft Touch .

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Background and reception

"You Still Get to Me in My Dreams" was recorded at Woodland Studios, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The recording session was produced by George Richey, Wynette's husband and musical collaborator. It was the first recording session of Wynette's to be produced by Richey. Previous recording sessions were mostly produced by Billy Sherrill, Wynette's long-time producer at Epic Records. The session included several more tracks that would appear on Wynette's 1982 studio album. Notable session musicians included Charlie McCoy playing the harmonica and Pete Wade playing guitar. [1]

The song reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It was released on her 1982 studio album Soft Touch . [2]

Track listing

7" vinyl single [3]

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
US Hot Country Singles ( Billboard ) [2] 16
Canada Country Singles ( RPM ) [4] 42

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References

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  2. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
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  4. "Search results for "Tammy Wynette" under Country Singles". RPM . 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2019.