"Desperately" is a song written by Jamie O'Hara and Kevin Welch, and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist Don Williams. It was released in August 1988 as the third single from the album ''Traces''. The song reached number 7 on the ''

Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...

Hot Country Singles & Tracks Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...

chart.

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1988 singles 1988 songs Don Williams songs Songs written by Jamie O'Hara (singer) Songs written by Kevin Welch Song recordings produced by Garth Fundis Capitol Records Nashville singles {{1988-country-song-stub