Clyde (song)

"Clyde" is a song written by JJ Cale, which first appeared on his 1972 album Naturally. American musical group Dr. Hook covered the song on their 1978 LP Pleasure and Pain.^[1] The song was also successfully covered by American country music artist Waylon Jennings.

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.^[2] The song was also heard in the 2009 film Watchmen, playing in Happy Harry's Bar when Nite Owl II and Rorschach are asking around about Pyramid Transnational.

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

↑ "Dr. Hook - Pleasure & Pain at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-16.

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.
Ol' Waylon Sings Ol' Hank
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

Live albums

Singles

1960s

"That's the Chance I'll Have to Take" "Stop the World (And Let Me Off)" "Anita, You're Dreaming" "Time to Bum Again" "(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me" "Green River" "Mental Revenge" "The Chokin' Kind" "Walk On Out of My Mind" "I Got You" with Anita Carter "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" "Yours Love" "Something's Wrong in California" "The Days of Sand and Shovels" "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"

1970s

"Singer of Sad Songs" "The Taker" "(Don't Let the Sun Set on You) Tulsa" "Mississippi Woman" "Under Your Spell Again" with Jessi Colter "Cedartown, Georgia" "Good Hearted Woman" "Sweet Dream Woman" "Pretend I Never Happened" "You Can Have Her" "We Had It All" "You Asked 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" "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"

1980s – 1990s

"Clyde" "Good Ol' Boys" "Storms Never Last" with Jessi Colter "Shine" "Just to Satisfy You" with Willie Nelson "Women Do Know How to Carry On" "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)" "Breakin' Down" "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'" "The Devil's on the Loose" "Working Without a Net" "Will the Wolf Survive" "What You'll Do When I'm Gone" "Rose in Paradise" "Fallin' Out" "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)" "Trouble Man" "You Put the Soul in the Song" "Wrong" "Where Corn Don't Grow" "What Bothers Me Most" "The Eagle" "Just Talkin'" "Too Dumb for New York City" "Wild Ones" "I Know About Me Don't Know About You" "Outlaw Shit"

Collaborations

Waylon & Willie

Albums: Waylon & Willie WWII Take It to the Limit Clean Shirt Super Hits 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" "If I Can Find a Clean Shirt"

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 "Good Hearted Woman" with Willie Nelson (Re-recording) "Suspicious Minds" with Jessi Colter (Re-release from Wanted! The Outlaws) "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" with Johnny Cash "Wish I Was Crazy Again" 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 "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" with Johnny Cash "Ballad of Forty Dollars" with Johnny Cash "Somewhere Between Ragged and Right" with John Anderson "High Ridin' Heroes" with David Lynn Jones "One Good Love" with Neil Diamond

Compilations

The Best of Waylon Jennings
Don't Think Twice
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
Heartaches by the Number
Greatest Hits
Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
The Best of Waylon
New Classic Waylon
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years
The Journey: Six Strings Away
The Journey: Destiny's Child
The Restless Kid: Live at JD's
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Waylon Jennings
RCA Country Legends
Ultimate Waylon Jennings
16 Biggest Hits
Nashville Rebel
The Essential Waylon Jennings

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