You're My Best Friend (album)

You're My Best Friend is the fourth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Don Williams. Released in April 1975 on the ABC-Dot label, the album reached number five on the US Country Albums chart. "You're My Best Friend" and "(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight" were released as singles in 1975, both reaching number one on the Billboard country singles chart.

Background

The previous year, Don Williams achieved his first number-one single with the song "I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me". He teamed up again with regular collaborators, including Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds, Dickey Lee and Wayland Holyfield to craft another chart success.

Track listing

from the original vinyl

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You're My Best Friend"	Wayland Holyfield	2:43
2.	"Help Yourselves to Each Other"	Bob McDill	2:29
3.	"I Don't Wanna Let Go"	Holyfield	3:12
4.	"Sweet Fever"	Dickey Lee, McDill	2:17
5.	"Someone Like You"	Lee, McDill	3:02
6.	"(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight"	McDill	2:18
7.	"Where Are You"	Don Williams	2:51
8.	"Tempted"	Al Turney	3:27
9.	"You're the Only One"	Williams	2:44
10.	"Reason to Be"	Williams	3:02

Personnel

Joe Allen - bass guitar
Jim Colvard - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Lloyd Green - steel guitar, dobro
Shane Keister - keyboards
Kenny Malone - drums, conga, marimba
Danny Flowers - harmonica
Don Williams - acoustic guitar
Jerry Stembridge - acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	26

References

"Artist Chart History – Don Williams". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 463–464. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
Kingsbury, Paul (2012). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. see URL. ISBN 978-0-19-517608-7.
Stambler and Landon, Irwin and Grelun (1997). Country Music: The Encyclopedia. New York, NY: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 539. ISBN 0312151217.
"Don Williams - You're My Best Friend". Discogs. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
"Don Williams Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
"Top Country Albums – Year-End 1975". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

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Studio albums	Don Williams Volume One Don Williams Volume Two Don Williams Vol. 3 You're My Best Friend Harmony Visions I Believe in You Especially for You Listen to the Radio Yellow Moon Cafe Carolina New Moves One Good Well True Love And So It Goes
Singles	"The Shelter of Your Eyes" "Come Early Morning" "Atta Way to Go" "We Should Be Together" "I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me" "The Ties That Bind" "You're My Best Friend" "(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight" "'Til the Rivers All Run Dry" "Say It Again" "I Recall a Gypsy Woman" "She Never Knew Me" "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" "I'm Just a Country Boy" "I've Got a Winner in You" "Rake and Ramblin' Man" "Tulsa Time" "Lay Down Beside Me" "It Must Be Love" "Love Me Over Again" "Good Ole Boys Like Me" "I Believe In You" "Falling Again" "Miracles" "If I Needed You" (with Emmylou Harris) "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" "Listen to the Radio" "Mistakes" "If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)" "Love Is on a Roll" "Nobody but You" "Stay Young" "That's the Thing About Love" "Maggie's Dream" "Walkin' a Broken Heart" "It's Time for Love" "We've Got a Good Fire Goin''" "Heartbeat in the Darkness" "Then It's Love" "Señorita" "I'll Never Be in Love Again" "I Wouldn't Be a Man" "Another Place, Another Time" "Desperately" "Old Coyote Town" "One Good Well" "I've Been Loved by the Best" "Just as Long as I Have You" "Maybe That's All It Takes" "Back in My Younger Days" "True Love" "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy"
Related articles	Discography List of songs written by Don Williams "Amanda" Pozo Seco Singers Bob McDill Allen Reynolds

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