Dolly Parton Version
| "Downtown" | ||||
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| Single by Dolly Parton | ||||
| from the album The Great Pretender | ||||
| B-side | "The Great Pretender" | |||
| Released | April 1984 | |||
| Recorded | December 1983 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Tony Hatch | |||
| Producer | Val Garay | |||
| Dolly Parton singles chronology | ||||
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"Downtown" has been covered numerous times by other artists since Clark's original recording, notably by Dolly Parton in 1984. After she recorded the track in December 1983, "Downtown" appeared on Parton's album of covers of hits from the 1950s and 1960s, The Great Pretender. It was followed by a single release of the track on RCA Records in April 1984 and proved to be a moderate chart success, peaking at number eighty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart and number twenty-seven on the Hot Country Songs chart in the United States. Parton's version altered some of the lyrics: "Listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova" became "Listen to the rhythm of the music that they're playing".
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