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"Thanks" is a song written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter and first recorded by J. Vincent Edwards in 1969. Edwards recording charted in the Netherlands. American country singer-songwriter Bill Anderson's version was released as a single in 1975 via MCA Records and became a major hit the same year.

Waylon Jennings released a version on his 1972 album Ladies Love Outlaws and Arrows on their 1976 album First Hit.

Background and release

"Thanks" by Bill Anderson was recorded on April 10, 1975 at Bradley's Barn studio in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. The sessions were produced by the studio's owner, Owen Bradley, who would serve as Anderson's producer through most of years with MCA Records. The single's B-side was also cut at the same studio session: "Why'd the Last Time Have to Be the Best.".

"Thanks" was released as a single by MCA Records in August 1975. The song spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles before reaching number 24 in October 1975. In Canada, the single reached number 19 on the RPM Country Songs chart in 1975.. It was released on his 1976 studio album, Peanuts and Diamonds and Other Jewels.

Track listings

7" vinyl single

"Thanks" – 2:26
"Why'd the Last Time Have to Be the Best" – 2:46

Chart performance

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Canada Country Songs (RPM)	24
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	19

References

"Peanuts and Diamonds and Other Jewels: Bill Anderson: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
https://www.top40.nl/j-vincent-edward/j-vincent-edward-thanks-11988 J. Vincent Edward: Thanks in the Dutch Top 40
^ Anderson, Bill (September 1976). "Peanuts and Diamonds and Other Jewels (Album Information and Liner Notes)". MCA Records.
Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
""Thanks" chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
"Search results for "Bill Anderson" -- Country Singles". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
"Bill Anderson -- "Thanks" (1975, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1975. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
"Bill Anderson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2020.

v t e Bill Anderson singles
Albums Singles
1950s	"City Lights" "That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome" "Ninety-Nine" "Dead or Alive"
1960s	"The Tip of My Fingers" "Walk Out Backwards" "Po' Folks" "Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands" "Mama Sang a Song" "Still" "8×10" "Five Little Fingers"/"Easy Come – Easy Go" "Me" "Three A.M." "Certain" "Bright Lights and Country Music" "I Love You Drops"/"Golden Guitar" "I Get the Fever" "Get While the Gettin's Good" "No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore" "For Loving You" (with Jan Howard) "Wild Week-End" "Happy State of Mind" "My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)" "If It's All the Same to You" (with Jan Howard) "But You Know I Love You"
1970s	"Love Is a Sometimes Thing" "Someday We'll Be Together" (with Jan Howard) "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone" "Always Remember" "Quits" "Dis-Satisfied" (with Jan Howard) "All the Lonely Women in the World" "Don't She Look Good" "If You Can Live with It (I Can Live Without It)" "The Corner of My Life" "World of Make Believe" "Can I Come Home to You" "Every Time I Turn the Radio On" "I Still Feel the Same About You" "Country D.J." "Thanks" "Sometimes" (with Mary Lou Turner) "That's What Made Me Love You" (with Mary Lou Turner) "Peanuts and Diamonds" "Liars One, Believers Zero" "Head to Toe" "Where Are You Going, Billy Boy" (with Mary Lou Turner) "Still the One" "I Can't Wait Any Longer" "Double S" "This Is a Love Song" "The Dream Never Dies"
1980s	"Make Mine Night Time" "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back"
1990s	"The Deck of Cards"

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