The Clown (Conway Twitty song)

"The Clown"
Single by Conway Twitty
from the album Southern Comfort
B-side "The Boy Next Door"
Released December 1981
Genre Country
Length 4:01
Label Elektra
Writer(s) Wayne Carson
Brenda Barnett
Charlie Chalmers
Sandra Rhodes
Conway Twitty singles chronology
"Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night"
(1981)		 "The Clown"
(1981)		 "Slow Hand"
(1982)

"The Clown" is a 1982 single written by Wayne Carson, Brenda Barnett, Charlie Chalmers, and Sandra Rhodes and recorded by Conway Twitty. "The Clown" was Conway Twitty's 28th number one the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 13 weeks on the country chart [1].

Chart performance

Chart (1981–1982) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 7

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 362. 
Preceded by
"Big City"
by Merle Haggard		 Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
April 17, 1982		 Succeeded by
"Crying My Heart Out Over You"
by Ricky Skaggs