Blanket on the Ground

"Blanket on the Ground"
Single by Billie Jo Spears
from the album Blanket on the Ground
Released February 1975 (U.S.)
Format 7"
Recorded 1974
Genre Country
Length 3:23
Label United Artists
Writer(s) Roger Bowling
Producer(s) Larry Butler
Billie Jo Spears singles chronology
"See the Funny Little Clown"
(1974)
"Blanket on the Ground"
(1975)
"Stay Away from the Apple Tree"
(1975)

"Blanket on the Ground" was a song by country music singer Billie Jo Spears. Released in 1975, the song reached #1 on Billboard Magazine's Hot Country Singles chart and #78 on the Hot 100 pop charts. In the United Kingdom, the song reached #6 on the pop charts.

The song was written by Roger Bowling and sung from the point of view of a middle-aged woman who coaxes her hesitant husband outdoors to make love in the moonlight.

Chart performance

Chart (1975) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 78
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 2
U.K. Singles Chart 6

Sources

Preceded by
"Always Wanting You"
by Merle Haggard and the Strangers
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

April 26, 1975
Succeeded by
"Roll On Big Mama"
by Joe Stampley

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