He Was There (When I Needed You)

"He Was There (When I Needed You)"
"He Was There (When I Needed You)"
Single by Tammy Wynette
from the album Only Lonely Sometimes
B-side	"Only the Names Have Been Changed"
Released	March 1980
Recorded	January 1980
Studio	Columbia Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genre	Country
Length	3:15
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Sue Richards
Producer(s)	Billy Sherrill
Tammy Wynette singles chronology

"He Was There (When I Needed You)" is a song written by Sue Richards, and recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. It was released in March 1980 as the first single from the album Only Lonely Sometimes.

Background and reception

"He Was There (When I Needed You)" was recorded in January 1980 at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. The session featured tracks that would later appear on Wynette's 1980 album. The recording session was produced by Billy Sherrill and included renowned Nashville session musicians such as Johnny Gimble, Pete Drake and George Richey (Wynette's husband).^[1]

The song reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It released on her 1980 studio album Only Lonely Sometimes.^[2]

Track listing

7" vinyl single^[3]

"He Was There (When I Needed You)" – 3:15
"Only the Names Have Been Changed" – 3:11

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)^[2]	17
Canada Country Singles (RPM)^[4]	28

References

^ "Tammy Wynette -- Only Lonely Sometimes (1980, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
^ Wynette, Tammy (March 1980). ""He Was There (When I Needed You)"/"Only the Names Have Been Changed" (7" vinyl single)". Epic Records. 9-50868.
^ "Search results for "Tammy Wynette" under Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

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[1] "Tammy Wynette -- Only Lonely Sometimes (1980, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 24 December 2019.

[Whitburn-2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.

[3] Wynette, Tammy (March 1980). ""He Was There (When I Needed You)"/"Only the Names Have Been Changed" (7" vinyl single)". Epic Records. 9-50868.

[RPM_Country_Songs-4] "Search results for "Tammy Wynette" under Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

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v t e Tammy Wynette singles
Discography with George Jones Albums discography Singles discography
1960s	"Apartment No. 9" "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" "My Elusive Dreams" (with David Houston) "I Don't Wanna Play House" "Take Me to Your World" "It's All Over" (with David Houston) "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" "Stand by Your Man" "Singing My Song" "The Ways to Love a Man" "I'll See Him Through"
1970s	"He Loves Me All the Way" "Run, Woman, Run" "The Wonders You Perform" "We Sure Can Love Each Other" "Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)" "Bedtime Story" "Reach Out Your Hand (And Touch Somebody)" "My Man (Understands)" "'Til I Get It Right" "Kids Say the Darndest Things" "Another Lonely Song" "Woman to Woman" "(You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother" "I Still Believe in Fairy Tales" "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" "You and Me" "(Let's Get Together) One Last Time" "One of a Kind" "I'd Like to See Jesus (On the Midnight Special)" "Womanhood" "They Call It Making Love" "No One Else in the World"
1980s	"He Was There (When I Needed You)" "Starting Over" "Cowboys Don't Shoot Straight (Like They Used To)" "Crying in the Rain" "Another Chance" "You Still Get to Me in My Dreams" "A Good Night's Love" "Lonely Heart" "Sometimes When We Touch" (with Mark Gray) "Your Love" "Talkin' to Myself Again" "Beneath a Painted Sky"
1990s	"Justified and Ancient (Stand by the JAMS)" (The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette) "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton) "Every Breath You Take" (with Sting)