On the Road Again (Willie Nelson song)
| "On the Road Again" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Willie Nelson | ||||
| from the album Honeysuckle Rose | ||||
| B-side | "Jumpin' Cotton Eyed Joe" (Johnny Gimble) | |||
| Released | August 1980 | |||
| Recorded | Fall 1979 | |||
| Studio | Enactron Truck, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:38 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Willie Nelson | |||
| Producer(s) | Willie Nelson | |||
| Willie Nelson singles chronology | ||||
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| Audio video | ||||
| "Willie Nelson - On The Road Again (Official Audio)" on YouTube | ||||
"On the Road Again" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Willie Nelson. It was written for Nelson's movie Honeysuckle Rose.[1] "On the Road Again" became Nelson's 9th Country & Western No. 1 hit overall (6th as a solo recording act) in November 1980, and became one of Nelson's most well known song. In addition, the song reached No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 7 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2] It was his biggest pop hit to that time and won him a Grammy Award for Best Country Song a year later.
References
- ↑ "On the Road Again", from "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", Rolling Stone, November 2004.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 178.