"Together You and I" is a single by American country recording artist Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

 from her 41st studio album Better Day (2011). The song was released on May 23, 2011 as a Digital download

Music download

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 in the United States

United States

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 as the lead single. It has so far peaked to number 67 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

. "Together You and I" was previously recorded with Porter Wagoner

Porter Wagoner

Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced the young Dolly Parton near the beginning of her career on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet throughout the late 1960s and...

 on their collaborative album, Porter 'n' Dolly

Porter 'n' Dolly

Porter 'n' Dolly is a duet album by Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton, released in March 1974. Though they'd each topped the U.S. country singles charts individually many times, "Please Don't Stop Loving Me", from this album, was their only duet hit to reach #1...

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Music video

A video for the single was filmed, and was originally scheduled to debut on May 28. However for unknown reasons, the video was delayed and later debuted on July 4 on country music video station, CMT

CMT

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. The video was directed by acclaimed CMT Music Awards "Video Director of the Year", Trey Fanjoy

Trey Fanjoy

Trey Fanjoy is a country music and pop music video director. Fanjoy has directed over 150 major label music videos. Her videos have appeared on CMT, VH-1, GAC, The Nashville Network, CMT Canada, and MTV.-Music videos:...

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Live performances

Dolly Parton performed her song on 10 September 2011 on the Launch Night for the ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing (series 9)

The ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing began on 10 September 2011 with a Launch Show, and the live shows started on 30 September and 1 October 2011. The show was broadcast from Wembley Arena on 19 November with all proceeds going to the BBC charity, Children in Need...

. She also performed the song on American television talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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and on NBCs Tonight Show.

Track listing

Chart performance

The song reached No. 67 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming her highest chart entry since 9 to 5

9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song)

"9 to 5" is a song written and originally performed by Dolly Parton for the 1980 film comedy Nine to Five, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Parton in her film debut....

 in 1981.

Chart (2011)	Peak position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... )	67

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	23 May 2011	Dolly Records	Digital download