| Tall Dark Stranger | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Buck Owens |
| Album: | Tall Dark Stranger |
| B-Side: | Sing That Kind of a Song |
| Released: | July 21, 1969 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Ken Nelson |
| Prev Title: | Johnny B. Goode |
| Prev Year: | 1969 |
| Next Title: | Big in Vegas |
| Next Year: | 1969 |
"Tall Dark Stranger" is a 1969 single written and recorded by Buck Owens. "Tall Dark Stranger" was Buck Owens' twentieth number one on the country chart, spending a single week at the top and a total of thirteen weeks on the charts.[1]
| Chart (1969) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 | |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
A video for the song was taped for the TV series Hee Haw, on which Owens was a co-host. The video is set in a wild west town, and during the musical bridge the song's main theme – a handsome stranger, tall and dressed in black clothing, stealing the heart of a young man's girlfriend and the woman riding off with him – is played out, said incident happening as Owens (cast as the protagonist) and the woman are walking out of a saloon. The video has since aired on Great American Country and CMT.
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 258.