Golden Tears
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| "Golden Tears" | ||||
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| Single by Dave & Sugar | ||||
| from the album Stay with Me/Golden Tears | ||||
| B-side | "Feel Like a Little Love" | |||
| Released | January 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:28 | |||
| Label | RCA 11427 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Schweers | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Bradley and Dave Rowland | |||
| Dave & Sugar singles chronology | ||||
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"Golden Tears" is a song written by John Schweers, and recorded by American country music trio Dave & Sugar (Dave Rowland, Etta Britt). It was released in January 1979 as the first single and partial title track from the album Stay with me/Golden Tears. The song was the group's third and final No. 1 hit on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart.[1] The song was Dave & Sugar's only multi-week chart-topper, spending three at No. 1 in March. The trio enjoyed several more top 10 singles thereafter before beginning to fade in popularity during the early 1980s.
Country music journalist Tom Roland called "Golden Tears" a "highly coincidental release." Dave & Sugar frontman Dave Rowland, it seemed, had driven Chevrolets for most of his life, including the early period of Dave & Sugar's national success. However, Rowland had just purchased a new Lincoln when he heard the demo tape for the song. The song's first line in the refrain: "From a Chevy to a Lincoln ... ."[2]
