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"I'm a Drifter"
Single by Bobby Goldsboro
from the album Today
B-side"Hoboes and Kings"
Released1969[1]
RecordedApril 24, 1968[1]
GenrePop
Length3:23
LabelUnited Artists Records
Songwriter(s)Bobby Goldsboro[1]
Producer(s)Bob Montgomery & Bobby Goldsboro[1]
Bobby Goldsboro singles chronology
"Glad She's a Woman"
(1969)
"I'm a Drifter"
(1969)
"Muddy Mississippi Line"
(1969)

"I'm a Drifter" is a song written and sung by Bobby Goldsboro, which he released in 1969. The song spent 10 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 46,[2] while reaching No. 14 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart,[3] No. 22 of Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart,[4] No. 44 on the Cash Box Top 100,[5] No. 36 on Canada's RPM 100,[6] and No. 9 on RPM's Adult Contemporary chart.[7]

Chart performance

Chart (1969) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 46[2]
US Billboard Easy Listening 14[3]
US Billboard Hot Country Singles 22[4]
US Cash Box Top 100 44[5]
Canada - RPM 100 36[6]
Canada - RPM Adult Contemporary 9[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "You've come a long way Bobby.", Billboard, October 5, 1974. p. BG-20
  2. ^ a b Bobby Goldsboro - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed September 21, 2015
  3. ^ a b Bobby Goldsboro - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed September 21, 2015
  4. ^ a b "Hot Country Singles", Billboard, July 5, 1969. p. 45
  5. ^ a b Cash Box Top 100, Cash Box, June 7, 1969. p. 4. Accessed July 13, 2016.
  6. ^ a b "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, No. 15 June 9, 1969. p. 11. Accessed September 21, 2015
  7. ^ a b "Young Adult", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, No. 17, June 23, 1969. Accessed September 21, 2015