You're My Best Friend (Don Williams song)

"You're My Best Friend" is a song written by Wayland Holyfield, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in April 1975 as the first single and title track from the album You're My Best Friend. The song was Williams' second No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in June 1975.^[1] It has since become one of Williams' signature songs, also reaching the UK Top 40.

Chart performance

Chart (1975–1976)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
U.K. Singles Chart	35
Australian Kent Music Report	50

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 385.

"You're My Best Friend" at Allmusic.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "When Will I Be Loved" by Linda Ronstadt	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single June 21, 1975	Succeeded by "Tryin' to Beat the Morning Home" by T. G. Sheppard
Preceded by "I Ain't All Bad" by Charley Pride	RPM Country Tracks number-one single June 28, 1975	Succeeded by "Lizzie and the Rainman" by Tanya Tucker

Don Williams

Studio albums	Don Williams Vol. 3 Harmony Especially for You Cafe Carolina And So It Goes

Singles	"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"

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