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"Near You"
#1 weeks: 1
weeks: 1947-09-20
genre: country
artist: Francis Craig
album: Golden Ring
writers: Francis Craig, Kermit Goell
producers: Billy Sherrill
label:
formats: 7"
lengths: 2:21

"Near You" is a popular song written by Francis Craig with lyrics by Kermit Goell. The song was published in 1947.

The recording by Francis Craig (the song's composer) was released by Bullet Records as catalog number 1001. It first reached the Best Sellers chart on August 30, 1947, and lasted 21 weeks on the chart, peaking at number one. On the "Most Played By Jockeys" chart, the song spent 17 consecutive weeks at number one, setting a record for both the song and the artist with most consecutive weeks in the number-one position on a music chart. In 2009, hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas surpassed Craig's record for artist with most consecutive weeks in the number-one position with the songs "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling".

Other recordings of the song that charted on the Billboardbest seller in 1947 include:

Roger Williams recorded the song in 1958, and it charted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, peaking at number ten. Jerry Lee Lewis recorded an instrumental version of the song in 1959. It has also been recorded by Marlene Dietrich.

In 1977, it was a numbber-one country hit for the duo of George Jones and Tammy Wynette. The Jones-Wynette version, was recorded on December 12, 1974 — one day before Jones walked out on Wynette.