Amanda (Don Williams song)
1973 song written by Bob McDill / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Amanda" is a 1973 song written by Bob McDill and recorded by both Don Williams (1973) and Waylon Jennings (1974). "Amanda" was Waylon Jennings's eighth solo number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for three weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[1]
"Amanda" | ||||
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Single by Don Williams | ||||
from the album Don Williams Volume One | ||||
A-side | "Come Early Morning" | |||
Released | May 1973 | |||
Recorded | ca. March 1973 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:08 | |||
Label | JMI 24 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bob McDill | |||
Producer(s) | Allen Reynolds | |||
Don Williams singles chronology | ||||
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"Amanda" | ||||
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Single by Waylon Jennings | ||||
from the album Greatest Hits | ||||
B-side | "Lonesome, On'ry, and Mean" | |||
Released | April 1979 | |||
Recorded |
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Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:56 | |||
Label | RCA 11596 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bob McDill | |||
Producer(s) | Waylon Jennings | |||
Waylon Jennings singles chronology | ||||
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As recorded by Jennings, "Amanda" had been a track on his 1974 album The Ramblin' Man, but was not released as a single at that time; two other tracks, "I'm a Ramblin' Man" and "Rainy Day Woman," were. More than 4½ years later, new overdubs were added to the original track and placed on his first greatest hits album. In April 1979 the song was issued as a single, and it soon became one of the biggest country hits of 1979. "Amanda" is a love song of a man approaching middle age and reflecting how his life is and how his wife could have done better without him.