The Bed You Made for Me explained

The Bed You Made for Me
Type:single
Artist:Highway 101
Album:Highway 101
B-Side:"I'm Gonna Run Through the Wind"[1]
Released:December 1986
Genre:Country
Label:Warner Bros. #28483
Producer:Paul Worley
Prev Title:Some Find Love
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:Whiskey, If You Were a Woman
Next Year:1987

"The Bed You Made for Me" is a song by American country music band Highway 101, written by their lead singer Paulette Carlson. It was released in December 1986 as the first single from the band's self-titled debut album.[2] "The Bed You Made for Me" spent twenty-four weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts, peaking at number four.[1]

Critical reception

Kip Kirby, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "dynamic" and saying that it is "apologetically country in instrumentation and vocal, with energy and outrage that are almost palpable."[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 188. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Book: Carlin, Richard. Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary. 2003. Taylor & Francis. 0-415-93802-3. 182–183.
  3. Billboard, December 20, 1986 - Vol. 98, No. 51
  4. Web site: RPM Country Tracks for May 2, 1987. RPM. 28 September 2010.