Clyde (song)
| "Clyde" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Waylon Jennings | ||||
| from the album Music Man | ||||
| B-side | "I Came Here to Party" | |||
| Released | April 1980 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:39 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Writer(s) | JJ Cale | |||
| Producer(s) | Richie Albright | |||
| Waylon Jennings singles chronology | ||||
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"Clyde" is a song written by JJ Cale, which first appeared on his 1972 album Naturally. American musical group Dr. Hook covered the song on their 1978 LP Pleasure and Pain.[1] The song was also successfully covered by American country music artist Waylon Jennings.
Released in April 1980, as the first single from Jennings' album Music Man, it reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart[2] and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[3] The song was also heard in the 2009 film Watchmen, playing in Happy Harry's Bar when Nite Owl II and Rorschach are asking around about Pyramid Transnational.
Chart performance
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 7 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 | 3 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Preceded by "Hollywood Love" by Carroll Baker |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single August 9, 1980 |
Succeeded by "True Love Ways" by Mickey Gilley |
References
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