Clyde (song)

"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
Label RCA
Writer(s) J. J. Cale
Producer Richie Albright
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 single written by JJ Cale and covered American country music artist Waylon Jennings. Released in April 1980, it was the first single from his album Music Man. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart[1] and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1980) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 7
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 3
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Preceded by
"Hollywood Love"
by Carroll Baker
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

August 9, 1980
Succeeded by
"True Love Ways"
by Mickey Gilley

References