I Wish I Was Crazy Again Explained

I Wish I Was Crazy Again
Type:single
Artist:Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings
Album:I Would Like to See You Again
A-Side:"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
B-Side:"I Wish I Was Crazy Again"
Genre:country
Label:Columbia 3-10742
Prev Title:After the Ball
Prev Year:1977
There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
Title2:I Wish I Was Crazy Again
Next Title:Gone Girl
Next Year:1978

"I Wish I Was Crazy Again" is a song written by Bob McDill and introduced by the duet of Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings on Cash's 1978 album I Would Like to See You Again.

Two Cash and Jennings' duets from that album, "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" and "I Wish I Was Crazy Again", were coupled together for a single release. "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" peaked at number 2 on U.S. Billboard country chart for two weeks in July of that year,[1] [2] while "Wish I Was Crazy Again" peaked at number 22 a year and a half later, for two weeks of January 1980.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. There Ain't No Good Chain Gang Chart History. Billboard. 2021-10-26.
  2. Hot Country Songs Chart (The week of July 8, 1978). Billboard. 2021-10-24.
    Hot Country Songs Chart (The week of July 15, 1978). Billboard. 2021-10-26.
  3. I Wish I Was Crazy Again Chart History. Billboard. 2021-10-26.
  4. Hot Country Songs Chart (The week of January 5, 1980). Billboard. 2021-10-24.
    Hot Country Songs Chart (The week of January 12, 1980). Billboard. 2021-10-26.