Yesterday's Wine (song)

"Yesterday's Wine"
Single by Merle Haggard and George Jones
from the album A Taste of Yesterday's Wine
B-side "I Haven't Found Her Yet"
Released August 7, 1982
Genre Country
Length 3:15
Label Epic
Writer(s) Willie Nelson
Producer Billy Sherrill
Merle Haggard singles chronology
"Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)"
(1982)		 "Yesterday's Wine"
(1982)		 "Going Where the Lonely Go"
(1983)
George Jones singles chronology
"Same Ole Me"
(1982)		 "Yesterday's Wine"
(1982)		 "C.C. Waterback"
(1983)

"Yesterday's Wine" is the title track of the 1971 album of the same name by Willie Nelson. The track was also written by Willie Nelson. In 1982, Merle Haggard and George Jones recorded a duet of "Yesterday's Wine" which became a number one single on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks [1].

Chart performance

Chart (1982) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 5

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 182. 
Preceded by
"Put Your Dreams Away"
by Mickey Gilley		 Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
October 9, 1982		 Succeeded by
"I Will Always Love You"
by Dolly Parton