"The Seeker" is a song written 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
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album d ...
. It was released as the first single from Parton's 1975 album, ''
Dolly
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'', and was also a top ten single on the U.S. country charts. A spiritual, which Parton described as her "talk with God", the song was released as a single in July 1975, just missing the top spot on the U.S. country singles chart; it peaked at #2.
Two decades later, Parton rerecorded the song for her 1995 album ''
Something Special''.
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado (; ; born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Furtado has sold over 40 million records worldwide making her one of the most successful Canadian artists.
She first gained fame with her trip hop-inspired deb ...
covered this song for the film ''
The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom''.
who, in his 1981 autobiography, "Sing Me Back Home", would confess his infatuation with Parton, also recorded the song. The British band
The New Seekers recorded a version of the song in 1976.
Chart performance
Weekly
Year-End
References
External links
The Seeker lyrics at Dolly Parton On-Line
1975 singles
1975 songs
Dolly Parton songs
RCA Records singles
Songs written by Dolly Parton
Song recordings produced by Bob Ferguson (musician)
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