"You're My Jamaica" is a song written by

Kent Robbins Kent Marshall Robbins (April 23, 1947 – December 27, 1997) was an American country music songwriter. Robbins was born in Mayfield, Kentucky. He began writing for Charley Pride's Pi-Gem music in 1974. Between then and his death, he wrote song ...

, 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 Charley Pride. It was released in July 1979 as the first single and title track from the album '' You're My Jamaica''. The song was Pride's twenty-second number one country hit. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the country chart.

Cover versions

* Pride re-recorded the song as a duet with Neal McCoy on McCoy's 2005 album '' That's Life''.

Charts

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References

1979 singles Charley Pride songs Neal McCoy songs Songs written by Kent Robbins RCA Records singles 1979 songs Songs about Jamaica {{1970s-country-song-stub