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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"
ReleasedAugust 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)

"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]

Chart performance

Chart (1981) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [2] 2
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard) [3] 40
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 11

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 213.
  2. ^ "Barbara Mandrell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Barbara Mandrell Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.