Tear Time

{{Infobox song

| name = Tear Time

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Wilma Burgess

| album =

| B-side = (How Can I Write On Paper) What I Feel In My Heart

| released = July 1967

| recorded = July 5, 1967
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{flat list|

}}

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=35}}

| label = Decca

| writer = Jan Crutchfield

| producer = Owen Bradley

| prev_title = Fifteen Days

| prev_year = 1967

| next_title = Watch the Roses Grow

| next_year = 1968

}}

"Tear Time" is a 1967 single by Wilma Burgess. "Tear Time" was Wilma Burgess' fifth country hit. The single spent a total of sixteen weeks on the Billboard country chart peaking at number fifteen. {{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=62}}

Chart performance

class="wikitable sortable"

!align="left"|Chart (1967)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|15|artist=Wilma Burgess}}

Dave & Sugar version

{{Infobox song

| name = Tear Time

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Dave & Sugar

| album = Tear Time

| B-side = Easy to Love

| released = August 1978

| recorded = 1978

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 2:32

| label = RCA

| writer = Jan Crutchfield

| producer = Jerry Bradley and Dave Rowland

| prev_title = Gotta Quit Lookin' at You Baby

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Golden Tears

| next_year = 1979

}}

  • In 1978, Dave & Sugar had their second number one on the country chart with their version of the song.{{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=98}}

=Chart performance=

class="wikitable sortable"

!align="left"|Chart (1978)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Dave & Sugar}}
align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks

|align="center"|3

References