You're the Reason

{{Short description|1961 single by Bobby Edwards}} {{Other uses}} {{One source|date=March 2018}} {{Use American English|date=September 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox song | name = You're the Reason | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Bobby Edwards | album = | B-side = I'm a Fool for Loving You | released = 1961 | format = | recorded = | studio = | genre = Country | length = 2:35 | label = Crest | writer = Bobby Edwards, Terry Imes-Fell and Fred Henley<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=song|id=t6806284|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic] song info</ref> | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = What's the Reason | next_year = 1962 }} "'''You're the Reason'''" is a song by Bobby Edwards, released as a single in the United States in 1961. The song reached number four on the Hot C&W Sides chart and number 11 on the Hot 100 chart.

==Cover versions== The tune has been covered by Arthur Alexander, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Joe South, Johnny Tillotson, Hank Locklin, Hank III and John Fogerty on his album ''The Blue Ridge Rangers''.<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p430308/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic] chart history</ref>

==Chart performance== ===Bobby Edwards=== {| class="wikitable" !Chart (1961) ! Peak<br />position |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot C&W Sides<ref>{{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=114}}</ref> | align="center"| 4 |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=268}}</ref> | align="center"| 11 |}

===Joe South=== {| class="wikitable" ! Chart (1961) ! Peak<br />position |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot C&W Sides<ref>{{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=325}}</ref> | align="center"| 16 |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=788}}</ref> | align="center"| 87 |}

===Hank Locklin=== {| class="wikitable" ! Chart (1961) ! Peak<br />position |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot C&W Sides<ref>{{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=203}}</ref> | align="center"| 14 |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 | align="center"| 107 |}

=== Johnny Tillotson === {| class="wikitable" ! Chart (1967) ! Peak<br />position |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles | align="center"| 48 |- | Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.100126.pdf| title=RPM Country Chart - November 25, 1967}}</ref> | align="center"| 24 |}

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Category:1961 singles Category:Bobby Edwards songs Category:Joe South songs Category:Hank Locklin songs Category:Johnny Tillotson songs Category:Songs written by Terry Fell Category:1961 songs Category:Crest Records singles

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