"A Letter to You"
Single by Shakin' Stevens
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side"Come Back and Love Me"
Released3 September 1984 (1984-09-03)
GenreRock and roll
Length3:12
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Dennis Linde
Producer(s)Peter Collins[1]
Shakin' Stevens singles chronology
"A Love Worth Waiting For"
(1984) 		"A Letter to You"
(1984) 		"Teardrops"
(1984)
"In a Letter to You"
Single by Eddy Raven
from the album Temporary Sanity
B-side"Risky Business"
ReleasedMarch 1989
GenreCountry
Length3:15
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)Dennis Linde
Producer(s)Barry Beckett
Eddy Raven singles chronology
"'Til You Cry"
(1988) 		"In a Letter to You"
(1989) 		"Bayou Boys"
(1989)

"A Letter to You" is a song written by Dennis Linde and originally recorded by Shakin' Stevens.[2] His version of the song went to #10 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

Five years later, the song was covered by Eddy Raven under the title "In a Letter to You". His first release for Capitol Records, it was Raven's fifth number one on the country chart, staying at number one for one week and spending fourteen weeks in the Top 40.[4]

Chart performance

Shakin' Stevens

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 37
Denmark (Hitlisten)[6] 8
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 44
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 30
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 21
UK Singles (OCC)[3] 10

Eddy Raven

Weekly charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[10] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1989) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[12] 55
US Country Songs (Billboard)[13] 18

References

  1. ^ "Shakin' Stevens – A Letter to You (1984, Vinyl)".
  2. ^ "Dennis Linde". The Independent. 27 December 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Shakin Stevens: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 281.
  5. ^ "Shakin' Stevens – A Letter to You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  6. ^ "Danish Chart Archive - Singles 1979 - ____ (B.T./IFPI DK)". www.ukmix.org. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Shakin' Stevens – A Letter to You" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  8. ^ "Shakin' Stevens – A Letter to You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  9. ^ "Shakin' Stevens – A Letter to You". Swiss Singles Chart.
  10. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6423." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 24, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  11. ^ "Eddy Raven Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  13. ^ "Best of 1989: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.


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