Wild and Blue

"Wild and Blue" is a song written by John Scott Sherrill, and recorded by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released in September 1982 as the first single and title track from the album Wild & Blue. The song was John Anderson's eleventh country hit and the first of five number ones on the country chart. The single went to number one for two weeks and spent a total of eleven weeks within the top 40.^[1]

Punk-folk band The Mekons covered "Wild and Blue" on their 1991 album The Curse of the Mekons. The 2014 re-issue of Lucinda Williams' self-titled album includes a live cover of "Wild and Blue", recorded on her 1989 European tour.

Hank Williams, Jr. covered the song on his 1984 album Major Moves.^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1982–1983)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	15

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 25.
↑ "Major Moves". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
↑ "John Anderson – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for John Anderson.

Preceded by "Somewhere Between Right and Wrong" by Earl Thomas Conley	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single December 25, 1982-January 1, 1983	Succeeded by "Can't Even Get the Blues" by Reba McEntire

John Anderson

Studio albums	John Anderson John Anderson 2 I Just Came Home to Count the Memories Wild & Blue All the People Are Talkin' Eye of a Hurricane Tokyo, Oklahoma Countrified Blue Skies Again 10 Too Tough to Tame Seminole Wind Solid Ground Country 'til I Die Paradise Takin' the Country Back Nobody's Got It All Easy Money Bigger Hands

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1984) Greatest Hits Volume II Greatest Hits (1996)

Notable singles	"Your Lying Blue Eyes" "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs" "1959" "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)" "Chicken Truck" "I Just Came Home to Count the Memories" "Would You Catch a Falling Star" "Wild and Blue" "Swingin'" "Goin' Down Hill" "Black Sheep" "Let Somebody Else Drive" "She Sure Got Away with My Heart" "Eye of a Hurricane" "It's All Over Now" "Down in Tennessee" "Honky Tonk Crowd" "Somewhere Between Ragged and Right" (with Waylon Jennings) "Straight Tequila Night" "When It Comes to You" "Seminole Wind" "Let Go of the Stone" "Money in the Bank" "I Fell in the Water" "I've Got It Made" "I Wish I Could Have Been There" "Bend It Until It Breaks" "Mississippi Moon" "Paradise" "Somebody Slap Me" "If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me"

Related articles	Discography Warner Bros. Records MCA Records BNA Records Mercury Records "Shuttin' Detroit Down"

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