Clyde (song)
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"Clyde" | ||||
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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 |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 7 |
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 | 3 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
Preceded by | RPM Country Tracks number-one single August 9, 1980 |
Succeeded by "True Love Ways" by Mickey Gilley |
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