| Will the Wolf Survive? | |
| Cover: | Will the Wolf Survive - Los Lobos song - cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Los Lobos |
| Album: | How Will the Wolf Survive? |
| B-Side: | The Breakdown |
| Released: | 1984 |
| Genre: | Chicano rock |
| Length: | 3:41 |
| Label: | Slash/Warner Bros. |
| Producer: | T-Bone Burnett |
| Prev Title: | Don't Worry Baby |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Shakin' Shakin' Shakes |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
"Will the Wolf Survive?" is a single by American Chicano rock band Los Lobos. It was released in 1984 as the second single from their album How Will the Wolf Survive? The track was recorded with a drum machine.[1]
The song reached number 26 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart and number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]
Cash Box said that the song is "features beautiful high harmonies on the chorus from John Hiatt as well as a melodically rich guitar lead from Cesar Rosas."[3] Spin wrote, "It's a song Los Lobos have been writing in their heads for 12 years. Los Lobos have endured and the hard-won lessons of more than a decade of playing are now being transferred, practically without effort, into their vibrant music."[4]
| Peak | |
| U.S. Billboard Top Rock Tracks | 26 |
| Will the Wolf Survive? | |
| Cover: | Will the Wolf Survive - Waylon Jennings song - sticker.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Waylon Jennings |
| Album: | Will the Wolf Survive? |
| B-Side: | I've Got Me a Woman |
| Released: | May 17, 1986 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:25 |
| Label: | MCA |
| Producer: | Jimmy Bowen, Waylon Jennings |
| Prev Title: | Working Without a Net |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
"Will the Wolf Survive?" was also recorded by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. It was released in May 1986 as the second single and title track from the album Will the Wolf Survive?. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[5]