Clyde | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Waylon Jennings |
Album: | Music Man |
B-Side: | I Came Here to Party |
Released: | April 1980 |
Genre: | Country |
Length: | 2:39 |
Label: | RCA |
Producer: | Richie Albright Ron Haffkine Waylon Jennings |
Prev Title: | I Ain't Living Long Like This |
Prev Year: | 1979 |
Next Title: | Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) |
Next Year: | 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]