"Good Hearted Woman" | ||||
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Single by Waylon Jennings | ||||
from the album Good Hearted Woman | ||||
B-side | "It's All Over Now" | |||
Released | December 14, 1971 | |||
Recorded | September 1, 1971 | |||
Genre | Country, country rock | |||
Length | 3:01 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson | |||
Producer(s) | Ronny Light | |||
Waylon Jennings singles chronology | ||||
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Duet recording | ||||
"Good Hearted Woman" is a song written by American country music singers Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.
In 1969, while staying at the Fort Worther Motel in Fort Worth, Texas, [1] Jennings saw an advertisement in a newspaper promoting Tina Turner as a "good hearted woman loving two-timing men", a reference to Ike Turner. [2] Jennings went to talk to Nelson, who was in a middle of a poker game, about writing a song based on that phrase. Joining the game, he and Nelson expanded the lyrics as Nelson's wife Connie Koepke wrote them down. [1]
Jennings recorded the song for the first time as the title track of his 1972 album Good Hearted Woman, [1] [3] the single peaked at number three on the Billboard's Hot Country Singles. [4] Jennings had recorded a concert version for Waylon Live, which served as a basis for the duet with Nelson. "I just took my voice off and put Willie's on in different places," he explained. "Willie wasn't within 10,000 miles when I recorded it." He also added canned crowd noises to add to the live feel for the album Wanted: The Outlaws!. [5] The album cemented the pair's outlaw image and became country music's first platinum album. [6] The song peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot Country Singles and at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. [7] The song won the Single of the Year award in the 1976 Country Music Association Awards, [8] and took Jennings and Nelson to the mainstream audiences, giving them nationwide recognition. [9] [10]
Chart (1971-1972) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [11] | 3 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [11] | 1 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [12] | 25 |
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard) [13] | 16 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 5 |
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 6 |
Chart (1976) | Position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [14] | 2 |
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