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"Clyde"

Single by Waylon Jennings

from the album Music Man

B-side

"I Came Here to Party"

Released

April 1980

Genre

Country

Length

2:39

Richie Albright
Ron Haffkine
Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings singles chronology

"I Ain't Living Long Like This"
(1979)

"Clyde"
(1980)

"Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)"
(1980)

"Clyde" is a song written by J. J. Cale, which first appeared on his 1971 album Naturally. American musical group Dr. Hook covered the song on their 1978 album Pleasure and Pain.^[1] The song was also successfully covered by American country music artist Waylon Jennings.^[2]

Released in April 1980, as the first single from Jennings' album Music Man, it reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.^[3]

Chart performance

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Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	7
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)^[5]	3
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

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^ "Dr. Hook - Pleasure & Pain at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1978. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
^ "Is the Waylon Jennings' Song 'Clyde' About Grand Junction's Clyde Jorgensen?". 99.9 KEKB. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.

v t e J. J. Cale
Studio albums	Naturally Really Okie Troubadour 5 Shades Grasshopper #8 Travel-Log Number 10 Closer to You Guitar Man To Tulsa and Back Roll On Stay Around
Other albums	The Road to Escondido Rewind: The Unreleased Recordings The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale Live in San Diego
Notable songs	"Call Me the Breeze" "" "After Midnight" "Cocaine" "Travelin' Light"
Related articles	Discography Tulsa Sound Christine Lakeland

Waylon Jennings

Studio albums

Waylon at JD's
Folk-Country
Leavin' Town
Nashville Rebel
Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan
Love of the Common People
The One and Only
Hangin' On
Only the Greatest
Jewels
Just to Satisfy You
Waylon
Singer of Sad Songs
The Taker/Tulsa
Cedartown, Georgia
Good Hearted Woman
Ladies Love Outlaws
Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
Honky Tonk Heroes
This Time
The Ramblin' Man
Dreaming My Dreams
Are You Ready for the Country
Ol' Waylon
I've Always Been Crazy
What Goes Around Comes Around
Music Man
Black on Black
It's Only Rock + Roll
Waylon and Company
Never Could Toe the Mark
Turn the Page
Sweet Mother Texas
Will the Wolf Survive
Hangin' Tough
A Man Called Hoss
Full Circle
The Eagle
Too Dumb for New York City, Too Ugly for L.A.
Cowboys, Sisters, Rascals & Dirt
Waymore's Blues (Part II)
Right for the Time
Closing In on the Fire
Waylon Forever
Goin' Down Rockin': The Last Recordings
New Stuff
Songbird

Live albums

Notable singles

"Stop the World (And Let Me Off)"
"The Chokin' Kind"
"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"
"The Days of Sand and Shovels"
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
"Under Your Spell Again" with Jessi Colter
"Good Hearted Woman"
"Sweet Dream Woman"
"You Can Have Her"
"We Had It All"
"You Ask Me To"
"This Time"
"I'm a Ramblin' Man"
"Rainy Day Woman"
"Dreaming My Dreams with You"
"Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
"Bob Wills Is Still the King"
"Can't You See"
"Are You Ready for the Country"
"Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"
"I've Always Been Crazy"
"Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand"
"Amanda"
"Come With Me"
"I Ain't Living Long Like This"
""
"Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)"
"Shine"
"Just to Satisfy You" with Willie Nelson
"Women Do Know How to Carry On"
"Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)"
"Hold On, I'm Comin'" with Jerry Reed
"The Conversation" with Hank Williams Jr.
"I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up)"
"Never Could Toe the Mark"
"America"
"Waltz Me to Heaven"
"Drinkin' and Dreamin'"
"Working Without a Net"
"Will the Wolf Survive"
"What You'll Do When I'm Gone"
"The Broken Promise Land"
"Rose in Paradise"
"My Rough and Rowdy Days"
"If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now"
"How Much Is It Worth to Live in L.A."
"Which Way Do I Go (Now That I'm Gone)"
"Wrong"
"Where Corn Don't Grow"
"The Eagle"

Collaborations

Waylon & Willie
Albums: Waylon & Willie WWII Take It to the Limit Clean Shirt Singles:"The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)" "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" "Take It to the Limit"
Other collaborations
Country-Folk with The Kimberlys Leather and Lace with Jessi Colter Heroes with Johnny Cash Old 97's & Waylon Jennings with Old 97's
Collaboration singles
"MacArthur Park" with The Kimberlys "Suspicious Minds" with Jessi Colter "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" with Johnny Cash "The Wild Side of Life/It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" with Jessi Colter "Leave Them Boys Alone" with Hank Williams Jr. and Ernest Tubb "Somewhere Between Ragged and Right" with John Anderson

Compilations

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