You and Me (Tammy Wynette song)

"You and Me" is a song written by Billy Sherrill and George Richey, and recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. It was released in July 1976 as the first single and title track from the album You and Me. The song was Wynette's sixteenth and final number one country hit as a solo artist. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.

Composition

According to Richey in a 1987 interview, the lyrics were inspired by his own (at the time) secret admiration for Wynette, who was still recovering from the fallout of her recent divorce from George Jones. The pair became close friends and eventually married two years later.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100	101
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening	28
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	6
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	19

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	24

References

Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 400.
"Arena: The Tammy Wynette Story". BBC. 1987.
"Tammy Wynette Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
Whitburn, Joel (1998). Bubbling Under Singles & Albums. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 221. ISBN 0-89820-128-4.
Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 263.
"Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1976". Billboard. Retrieved August 4, 2021.

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Discography with George Jones Albums discography Singles discography
1960s	"Apartment No. 9" "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" "My Elusive Dreams" (with David Houston) "I Don't Wanna Play House" "Take Me to Your World" "It's All Over" (with David Houston) "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" "Stand by Your Man" "Singing My Song" "The Ways to Love a Man" "I'll See Him Through"
1970s	"He Loves Me All the Way" "Run, Woman, Run" "The Wonders You Perform" "We Sure Can Love Each Other" "Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)" "Bedtime Story" "Reach Out Your Hand (And Touch Somebody)" "My Man (Understands)" "'Til I Get It Right" "Kids Say the Darndest Things" "Another Lonely Song" "Woman to Woman" "(You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother" "I Still Believe in Fairy Tales" "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" "You and Me" "(Let's Get Together) One Last Time" "One of a Kind" "I'd Like to See Jesus (On the Midnight Special)" "Womanhood" "They Call It Making Love" "No One Else in the World"
1980s	"He Was There (When I Needed You)" "Starting Over" "Cowboys Don't Shoot Straight (Like They Used To)" "Crying in the Rain" "Another Chance" "You Still Get to Me in My Dreams" "A Good Night's Love" "Lonely Heart" "Sometimes When We Touch" (with Mark Gray) "Your Love" "Talkin' to Myself Again" "Beneath a Painted Sky"
1990s	"Justified and Ancient (Stand by the JAMS)" (The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette) "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton) "Every Breath You Take" (with Sting)

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