Swinging Doors (song) explained

Swinging Doors
Type:	single
Artist:	Merle Haggard and The Strangers
Album:	Swinging Doors
B-Side:	The Girl Turned Ripe
Released:	February 28, 1966
Genre:	Country
Length:	2:51
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Ken Nelson Fuzzy Owen
Prev Title:	I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	The Bottle Let Me Down
Next Year:	1966

"Swinging Doors" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in February 1966 as the first single and title track from the album Swinging Doors. The song peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles.^[1]

Content

The narrator has been dumped by his woman and tells her that he has what he needs.^[2]

Cover versions

• Wanda Jackson covered this song on her 1968 album Cream of the Crop .
• Mickey Gilley released this song in 1974 as a B-side to his number 1 hit I Overlooked an Orchid.
• Del Reeves released it in 1981 and peaked at number 67 in the country charts.
• Ray Price
• Faron Young
• Johnny Paycheck Released this song in July 1966
• Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard on their duet album Django & Jimmie .
• Terri Clark on her 2012 album Classic.
• Buck Owens
• George Jones
• Mark Chesnutt
• Agent 51

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 146.

2. Book: Randall, Alice. Carter Little. Courtney Little. My Country Roots: The Ultimate MP3 Guide to America's Original Outsider Music. Thomas Nelson, Inc.. 2006. 92. 1-59555-860-8. registration.