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(You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother

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"(You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother"

SinglebyTammy Wynette

from the album Tammy Wynette's Greatest Hits, Volume 3

B-side

"I'm Not a Has Been (I Just Never Was)"

Released

January 1975

Recorded

December 1974

Studio

Columbia Recording Studio
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

Genre

Country

Length

2:51

Label

Epic

Songwriter(s)

Billy Sherrill

Norro Wilson

Producer(s)

Billy Sherrill

Tammy Wynette singles chronology

"Woman to Woman"
(1974)

"(You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother"
(1975)

"I Still Believe in Fairy Tales"
(1975)

"(You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother" is a song written by Billy Sherrill and Norro Wilson, and recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. It was released in January 1975 as a single from her compilation album Tammy's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3.^[1]

Background and reception[edit]

"(You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother" was first recorded in November 1969 at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Two additional tracks were recorded during this session including the single's B-side. The recording session was produced by Billy Sherrill, Wynette's long-time producer.

The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1975.

Track listings[edit]

7" vinyl single^[2]

"(You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother" – 2:22
"I'm Not a Has Been (I Just Never Was)" – 2:46

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1975)	Peak position
USHot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	4
CAN Country Singles (RPM)^[4]	9

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1975)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	31

References[edit]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.

^ Wynette, Tammy (January 1975). ""(You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother"/"I'm a Has Been (I Just Never Was)" (7" vinyl single)". Epic Records. 8-50071.

^ "Tammy Wynette Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

^ "Search results for "Tammy Wynette" under Country Singles". RPM. July 17, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2019.

^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1975". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

v t e Tammy Wynette singles
Discography with George Jones Albums discography Singles discography
1960s	"Apartment No. 9" "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" "My Elusive Dreams" (with David Houston) "I Don't Wanna Play House" "Take Me to Your World" "It's All Over" (with David Houston) "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" "Stand by Your Man" "Singing My Song" "The Ways to Love a Man" "I'll See Him Through"
1970s	"He Loves Me All the Way" "Run, Woman, Run" "The Wonders You Perform" "We Sure Can Love Each Other" "Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)" "Bedtime Story" "Reach Out Your Hand (And Touch Somebody)" "My Man (Understands)" "'Til I Get It Right" "Kids Say the Darndest Things" "Another Lonely Song" "Woman to Woman" "(You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother" "I Still Believe in Fairy Tales" "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" "You and Me" "(Let's Get Together) One Last Time" "One of a Kind" "I'd Like to See Jesus (On the Midnight Special)" "Womanhood" "They Call It Making Love" "No One Else in the World"
1980s	"He Was There (When I Needed You)" "Starting Over" "Cowboys Don't Shoot Straight (Like They Used To)" "Crying in the Rain" "Another Chance" "You Still Get to Me in My Dreams" "A Good Night's Love" "Lonely Heart" "Sometimes When We Touch" (with Mark Gray) "Your Love" "Talkin' to Myself Again" "Beneath a Painted Sky"
1990s	"Justified and Ancient (Stand by the JAMS)" (The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette) "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton) "Every Breath You Take" (with Sting)

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