Send Me Down to Tucson

{{Infobox song

| name = Send Me Down to Tucson

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Mel Tillis

| album = Are You Sincere

| B-side = Charlie's Angel

| released = January 13, 1979

| format =

| recorded = December 1978

| studio = Glaser Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 3:35

| label = MCA

| writer = Snuff Garrett, Cliff Crofford

| producer = Jimmy Bowen

| prev_title = Ain't No California

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Coca-Cola Cowboy

| next_year = 1979

}}

"Send Me Down to Tucson" is a song recorded by American country music artist Mel Tillis. It was released in January 1979 as the first single from the album Are You Sincere. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=347}} The song was written by Snuff Garrett and Cliff Crofford.

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable"

!align="left"|Chart (1979)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|2|artist=Mel Tillis}}
align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks

|align="center"|4

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable"

!Chart (1979)

!Position

US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CSQEAAAAMBAJ|title=Talent in Action|magazine=Billboard|volume=91|issue=51|page=TIA-34|date=December 22, 1979|accessdate=July 30, 2021}}

|align="center"|30

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