| "Cathy's Clown" | ||||
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| Single by The Everly Brothers | ||||
| B-side | "Always It's You" | |||
| Released | 1960 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:22 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. 5151 | |||
| Writer(s) | Don Everly and Phil Everly | |||
| The Everly Brothers singles chronology | ||||
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"Cathy's Clown" is a popular song, written and recorded by The Everly Brothers, in which an unnamed narrator informs Cathy that he "don't want your love anymore." It was their first single for Warner Bros., after spending three years on Archie Bleyer's Cadence label. "Cathy's Clown" sold eight million copies worldwide, spending five weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and one week on the R&B charts.[1]. It spent seven weeks at number one in the UK in May and June 1960. It would become the Everly Brothers' biggest hit single and their third and final US Number One. The song is ranked number 149 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The song is mentioned in the opening line of Elliott Smith's song "Waltz 2 (XO)", the title track of his 1998 album XO.
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| Chart (1960) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles | 1 |
| Preceded by "Stuck on You" by Elvis Presley |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single May 17, 1960 – June 20, 1960 (5 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" by Connie Francis |
| Preceded by "Doggin' Around" by Jackie Wilson |
Billboard Hot R&B Sides number-one single June 13, 1960 |
Succeeded by "A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)" by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton |
| Preceded by "Do You Mind?" by Anthony Newley |
UK number-one single May 5, 1960 (7 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Three Steps to Heaven" by Eddie Cochran |
| "Cathy's Clown" | ||||
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| Single by Reba | ||||
| from the album Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| B-side | "Walk On" | |||
| Released | April 1989 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:08 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Bowen Reba McEntire |
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"Cathy's Clown" was covered by country music artist Reba McEntire for her album Sweet Sixteen. In 1989, McEntire's version became her thirteenth number-one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Unlike the original, McEntire sang the song in the third person, thus making the narrator another woman observing the storyline.[2]
Bruce Boxleitner appears in the video as the "clown." The video was set in an Old West motif.
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Preceded by "What's Going On in Your World" by George Strait |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single July 29, 1989 |
Succeeded by "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" by Dolly Parton |
| Preceded by "In a Letter to You" by Eddy Raven |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single July 31, 1989 |
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