"Meet Me in Montana" is a country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 song recorded and made popular by Dan Seals

Dan Seals

Danny Wayland "Dan" Seals was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals & Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as the "England Dan" half of the soft rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, which charted nine pop and adult contemporary singles between 1976 and 1980, including...

 and Marie Osmond

Marie Osmond

Olive Marie Osmond is an American singer, actress, doll designer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s...

. The song was the lead-off single to his 1985 album Won't Be Blue Anymore

Won't Be Blue Anymore

Won't Be Blue Anymore is the fifth studio album by country music artist Dan Seals. It has been his most successful album to date; the only one to reach #1 on the Top Country Albums chart. The album featured some of Seals most popular songs, including "Bop" and "Meet Me In Montana", a duet with...

, and the second single from Marie Osmond's 1985 album There's No Stopping Your Heart

There's No Stopping Your Heart

There's No Stopping Your Heart is the fifth solo studio album by American country music singer, Marie Osmond. It was her first album in seven years and her first album on Capitol/Curb records...

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"Meet Me in Montana" reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles

Hot Country Songs

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 chart for one week in October 1985. The single became the first chart-topping hit for Seals, and Osmond's second No. 1 hit, her first to peak at the top of the chart since 1973's Paper Roses

Paper Roses

"Paper Roses" is a popular song written by Fred Spielman and Janice Torre which was a hit in 1960 for Anita Bryant with Monty Kelly's Orchestra and Chorus and later for Marie Osmond in 1973....

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Awards and reception

"Meet Me in Montana" earned Seals and Osmond the Country Music Association

Country Music Association Awards

The Country Music Association Awards, also known as the CMA Awards, or the CMAs, and not to be confused with the ACM Awards, are voted on by business members of the Country Music Association. The first CMA awards were presented at an untelevised ceremony in Nashville's Municipal Auditorium in 1967...

Vocal Duo of the Year award in 1986.

The song refers to two lovers who go their separate ways to pursue dreams; him, to be a country music star, and her to be a Hollywood actress. When both of them experience misery and failure, they decide that the best hope for their future is with each other, in Montana.

Chart positions

Chart (1985)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	19