# We Could

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{{Infobox song
| name       = We Could
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Charley Pride](/source/Charley_Pride)
| album      = [Country Feelin'](/source/Country_Feelin')
| B-side     = Love Put a Song in My Heart
| released   = April 1974
| recorded   = 1973
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Country](/source/Country_music)
| length     = 2:29
| label      = [RCA](/source/RCA_Records)
| writer     = [Felice Bryant](/source/Felice_and_Boudleaux_Bryant)
| producer   = [Jack Clement](/source/Jack_Clement)
| prev_title = [Amazing Love](/source/Amazing_Love_(song))
| prev_year  = 1973
| next_title = [Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town](/source/Mississippi_Cotton_Picking_Delta_Town)
| next_year  = 1974
}}

"'''We Could'''" is a song written by [Felice Bryant](/source/Felice_and_Boudleaux_Bryant) and originally recorded by ["Little" Jimmy Dickens](/source/%22Little%22_Jimmy_Dickens) in 1955. It's been recorded by numerous acts over the years, including American pop crooner [Al Martino](/source/Al_Martino), whose version peaked at number 41 on ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Hot 100](/source/Hot_100) chart in December 1964,<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/al-martino/chart-history/hsi/|title = Al Martino|magazine = [Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))}}</ref> but is best remembered by a version recorded by American [country music](/source/country_music) artist [Charley Pride](/source/Charley_Pride). It was released as the first single from his album ''[Country Feelin'](/source/Country_Feelin')''. This version, released nearly ten years after Martino's, peaked at number 3 on the ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Hot Country Singles](/source/Hot_Country_Songs) chart.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charley Pride singles |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=charley-pride-p1772/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} |work=[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) |access-date=18 March 2011}}</ref> It also reached number 1 on the ''[RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine))'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=RPM Country Singles for July 6, 1974 |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.5055&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=m4630csujqhgqvr4tuvf0ajhb3 |work=[RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine)) |access-date=18 March 2011}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1974)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|3|artist=Charley Pride}}
|-
|align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks
|align="center"|1
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Charley Pride singles}}
{{Authority control}}

Category:1974 singles
Category:Little Jimmy Dickens songs
Category:Charley Pride songs
Category:RCA Records singles
Category:Songs written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
Category:1955 songs

{{1970s-country-song-stub}}

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