Blanket on the Ground

For the album, see Blanket on the Ground (album).
"Blanket on the Ground"
Single by Billie Jo Spears
from the album Blanket on the Ground
B-side "Come on Home"
Released February 1975 (U.S.)
Format 7"
Recorded 1974
Genre Country
Length 3:23
Label United Artists
Writer(s) Roger Bowling
Producer(s) Larry Butler
Billie Jo Spears singles chronology
"See the Funny Little Clown"
(1974)		 "Blanket on the Ground"
(1975)		 "Stay Away from the Apple Tree"
(1975)

"Blanket on the Ground" was a song by country music singer Billie Jo Spears. Released in 1975, the song reached #1 on Billboard Magazine's Hot Country Singles chart,[1] and #78 on the Hot 100 pop charts. In the United Kingdom, the song reached #6 on the pop charts.

The song was written by Roger Bowling and sung from the point of view of a middle-aged woman who coaxes her hesitant husband outdoors to make love in the moonlight.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 2
New Zealand [2] 11
UK 6
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 78

Year-end charts

Chart (1975) Position
New Zealand [3] 35
UK [4] 52
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [5] 433

Sources

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 327.
  2. ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=4046
  3. ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=4046
  4. ↑ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1975.shtml
  5. ↑ http://www.bullfrogspond.com/whitburn/1975wye.htm
Preceded by
"Always Wanting You"
by Merle Haggard and the Strangers		 Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
April 26, 1975 		Succeeded by
"Roll On Big Mama"
by Joe Stampley

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