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"Clyde"
Single by Waylon Jennings
from the album Music Man
B-side"I Came Here to Party"
ReleasedApril 1980
Genre Country
Length2:39
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) J. J. Cale
Producer(s)Richie Albright
Ron Haffkine
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings singles chronology
" I Ain't Living Long Like This"
(1979)
"Clyde"
(1980)
" Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)"
(1980)

"Clyde" is a song written by J. J. Cale, which first appeared on his 1972 album Naturally. American musical group Dr. Hook covered the song on their 1978 album Pleasure and Pain. [1] The song was also successfully covered by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. [2]

Released in April 1980, as the first single from Jennings' album Music Man, it reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [3]

Chart performance

Chart (1980) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [4] 7
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard) [5] 3
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. ^ "Dr. Hook - Pleasure & Pain at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1978. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  2. ^ "Is the Waylon Jennings' Song 'Clyde' About Grand Junction's Clyde Jorgensen?". 99.9 KEKB. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  4. ^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.