| Red Bandana | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Merle Haggard |
| Album: | Serving 190 Proof |
| Released: | March 18, 1979 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:31 |
| Label: | MCA |
| Producer: | Fuzzy Owen, Jimmy Bowen |
| Prev Title: | The Bull and the Beaver |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | My Own Kind of Hat |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
"Red Bandana" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in March 1979 as the first single from the album Serving 190 Proof. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]
The narrator states that he can't grow up and settle down but he can appreciate the way she looks when she has a red bandana tied around her hair. The lyrics make reference to Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee".
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 147.