Optimistic (Skeeter Davis song)

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ReleasedSeptember 1961
RecordedJune 29, 1961
"Optimistic"
Italian release picture sleeve
Single by Skeeter Davis
B-side"Blueberry Hill"
ReleasedSeptember 1961
RecordedJune 29, 1961
StudioRCA Victor Studio B
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
GenreCountry, Nashville Sound
LabelRCA Victor
SongwriterAubrey Freeman
ProducerChet Atkins
Skeeter Davis singles chronology
"The Hands You're Holding Now"
(1961)
"Optimistic"
(1961)
"Where I Ought to Be"
(1962)

"Optimistic" is a song written by Aubrey Freeman. In 1961, Skeeter Davis recorded and released the song as a single for RCA Victor.

"Optimistic" was recorded on June 29, 1961, at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.[1] The song was released as a single in September 1961, peaking at number ten on the Billboard Hot C&W Sides chart. The single became Davis' fourth top-ten hit on the country chart.[2] The song was not originally issued onto an official album.

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