"Years" is a song written by

Kye Fleming Rhonda Kye Fleming (born October 9, 1951) is an American singer/songwriter and music publisher working in Nashville, Tennessee. She was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009 and has won more than 42 BMI Awards, including B ...

and Dennis Morgan, 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

Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) is an American country music singer and musician. She is also credited as an actress and author. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, she was considered among country's most successful music artist ...

. It was released in December 1979 as the second single from the album ''

Just for the Record Just for the Record may refer to: * "Just for the Record" (''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)''), a 1969 episode of the British television series * ''Just for the Record'' (Barbara Mandrell album), 1979 * ''Just for the Record'' (Ray Stevens albu ...

''. The song was Mandrell's third number one on the country chart. It stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of ten weeks in the country top 40.

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Wayne Newton cover

A cover version by

Wayne Newton Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942) is an American singer and actor. One of the most popular singers in the nation from the mid-to-late 20th-century, Newton remains one of the best-known entertainers in Las Vegas. He is known by the nicknam ...

was released as a single in 1980 and reached #35 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, his last Top 40 hit.

References

1979 singles Barbara Mandrell songs Wayne Newton songs Songs written by Kye Fleming Songs written by Dennis Morgan (songwriter) Song recordings produced by Tom Collins (record producer) MCA Records singles 1979 songs {{1970s-country-song-stub