Cotton Jenny
| "Cotton Jenny" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Anne Murray | ||||
| from the album Talk It Over in the Morning | ||||
| B-side | "Destiny" | |||
| Released | January 1972 | |||
| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Writer(s) | Gordon Lightfoot | |||
| Anne Murray singles chronology | ||||
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"Cotton Jenny" is a single by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. The song was written by Gordon Lightfoot, who originally recorded it on his 1971 album Summer Side of Life. Murray's version was released in January 1972 as the first single from her album Talk It Over in the Morning. It peaked at number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart.[1] It also reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the United States.[2]
Chart performance
| Chart (1972) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 11 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 71 |
| U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 32 |
References
- ↑ "RPM Country Singles for March 4, 1972". RPM. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ↑ "Anne Murray singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
| Preceded by "It's Four in the Morning" by Faron Young |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single March 4, 1972 |
Succeeded by "Ann (Don't Go Runnin')" by Tommy Overstreet |
