The Seeker (Dolly Parton song)

"The Seeker" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. It was released as the first single from Parton's 1975 album, Dolly, and was also a top ten single on the U.S. country charts. A spiritual, which Parton described as her "talk with God", the song was released as a single in July 1975, just missing the top spot on the U.S. country singles chart; it peaked at #2.^[1]

"The Seeker"
Single by Dolly Parton
from the album Dolly
B-side	"Love With Feeling"
Released	May 19, 1975
Recorded	December 9, 1974
Genre	Country
Length	3:02 3:14 (2007 edited reissue)
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Dolly Parton
Producer(s)	Bob Ferguson
Dolly Parton singles chronology
"The Bargain Store" (1975) "The Seeker" (1975) "We Used To" (1976)

Two decades later, Parton rerecorded the song for her 1995 album Something Special. Nelly Furtado covered this song for the film The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom.^[2] Merle Haggard who, in his 1981 autobiography, Sing Me Back Home, would confess his infatuation with Parton, also recorded the song. The British band The New Seekers recorded a version of the song in 1976.

Chart performance

Weekly

Chart (1975)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	2
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)^[4]	5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Year-End

Chart (1975)	Peak Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	35

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 261.
2. "Dolly Parton: 30 best songs". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
3. "Dolly Parton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
4. "Dolly Parton Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
5. "Billboard Hot Country Songs - Year-End Charts (1975)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

External links

• The Seeker lyrics at Dolly Parton On-Line