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Single by Merle Haggard and Clint Eastwood
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from the album Bronco Billy (soundtrack)
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B-side |
"Not So Great Train Robbery" |
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Released |
April 21, 1980 |
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Genre |
Country |
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Length |
2:16 |
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Label |
Elektra |
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Songwriter(s) |
Milton Brown Cliff Crofford Steve Dorff Snuff Garrett
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Producer(s) |
Snuff Garrett |
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Merle Haggard singles chronology |
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"The Way I Am" (1980)
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"Bar Room Buddies" (1980)
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"Misery and Gin" (1980)
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Clint Eastwood singles chronology |
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"Bar Room Buddies" (1980)
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"Beers to You" (1980)
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"Bar Room Buddies" is a song written by Milton Brown, Cliff Crofford, Steve Dorff and Snuff Garrett, and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and actor Clint Eastwood. It was released in April 1980 and is featured on the soundtrack for the film Bronco Billy starring Eastwood. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the Billboard country charts.[1]
Chart performance
Chart (1980)
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Peak position
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2]
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1
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Canadian RPM Country Tracks
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1
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References
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 114..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
External links
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Merle Haggard
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The Strangers
- Norm Hamlet
- Ralph Mooney
- Tiny Moore
- Roy Nichols
- Gene Price
- Eldon Shamblin
- Gordon Terry
- Biff Adam
- Jimmy Belken
- Eddie Burris
- Gary Church
- Wayne Durham
- George French
- Dennis Hromek
- Don Markham
- Johnny Meeks
- Marcia Nichols
- Ronnie Reno
- Clint Strong
- Jim Tittle
- Jerry Ward
- Bobby Wayne
- Mark Yeary
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Studio albums |
- Strangers
Swinging Doors (with The Strangers)
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive (with The Strangers)
Branded Man (with The Strangers)
Sing Me Back Home (with The Strangers)
The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde (with The Strangers)
Mama Tried (with The Strangers)
Pride in What I Am (with The Strangers)
- Same Train, A Different Time
A Portrait of Merle Haggard (with The Strangers)
- A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)
Hag (with The Strangers)
Someday We'll Look Back (with The Strangers)
Let Me Tell You About a Song (with The Strangers)
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) (with The Strangers)
If We Make It Through December (with The Strangers)
Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album (with The Strangers)
Keep Movin' On (with The Strangers)
It's All in the Movies (with The Strangers)
My Love Affair with Trains (with The Strangers)
The Roots of My Raising (with The Strangers)
- Ramblin' Fever
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today (with The Strangers)
- My Farewell to Elvis
- I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
- Serving 190 Proof
- The Way I Am
- Back to the Barrooms
- Big City
- Going Where the Lonely Go
- That's the Way Love Goes
- It's All in the Game
- Kern River
- Out Among the Stars
- A Friend In California
- Chill Factor
- 5:01 Blues
- Blue Jungle
- 1994
- 1996
- If I Could Only Fly
- Roots, Volume 1
- The Peer Sessions
- Haggard Like Never Before
- Unforgettable
- Chicago Wind
- The Bluegrass Sessions
- I Am What I Am
- Working in Tennessee
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Live albums |
Okie from Muskogee (with The Strangers)
The Fightin' Side of Me (with The Strangers)
I Love Dixie Blues (with The Strangers)
- Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium
- The Epic Collection (Recorded Live)
- Amber Waves of Grain
- Motorcycle Cowboy: Live at Billy Bob's Texas
- Ol' Country Singer
- Live from Austin, TX
- Live from Austin, TX '78
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Gospel albums |
The Land of Many Churches (with The Strangers)
- Songs for the Mama That Tried
- Cabin in the Hills
Two Old Friends (with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.)
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Holiday albums |
- Merle Haggard's Christmas Present
- Goin' Home for Christmas
Pancho, Lefty and Rudolph (with Willie Nelson)
- I Wish I Was Santa Claus
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The Strangers albums |
- Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's The Strangers
- Introducing My Friends The Strangers
- Getting to Know Merle Haggard's The Strangers
- The Strangers Honky Tonkin'
- The Strangers Totally Instrumental (With One Exception...)
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Singles |
1960s |
- "Sing a Sad Song"
- "Sam Hill"
- "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers"
- "I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can"
- "Swinging Doors" (with The Strangers)
- "The Bottle Let Me Down" (with The Strangers)
- "The Fugitive" (with The Strangers)
- "I Threw Away the Rose" (with The Strangers)
- "Branded Man" (with The Strangers)
- "Sing Me Back Home" (with The Strangers)
- "The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde" (with The Strangers)
- "Mama Tried" (with The Strangers)
- "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" (with The Strangers)
- "Hungry Eyes" (with The Strangers)
- "Workin' Man Blues" (with The Strangers)
- "Okie from Muskogee" (with The Strangers)
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1970s |
- "The Fightin' Side of Me" (with The Strangers)
- "Street Singer" (released by The Strangers)
- "Jesus, Take a Hold" (with The Strangers)
- "I Can't Be Myself" (with The Strangers)
- "Soldier's Last Letter" (with The Strangers)
- "Someday We'll Look Back" (with The Strangers)
- "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" (with The Strangers)
- "Carolyn" (with The Strangers)
- "Grandma Harp" (with The Strangers)
- "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" (with The Strangers)
- "I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me" (with The Strangers)
- "The Emptiest Arms in the World" (with The Strangers)
- "Everybody's Had the Blues" (with The Strangers)
- "If We Make It Through December (with The Strangers)"
- "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" (with The Strangers)
- "Old Man from the Mountain" (with The Strangers)
- "Kentucky Gambler" (with The Strangers)
- "Always Wanting You" (with The Strangers)
- "Movin' On" (with The Strangers)
- "It's All in the Movies" (with The Strangers)
- "The Roots of My Raising" (with The Strangers)
- "Here Comes the Freedom Train" (with The Strangers)
- "Cherokee Maiden" (with The Strangers)
- "If We're Not Back in Love by Monday"
- "Ramblin' Fever"
- "A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" (with The Strangers)
- "From Graceland to the Promised Land"
- "Running Kind" (with The Strangers)
- "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall"
- "It's Been a Great Afternoon"
- "The Way It Was in '51"
- "Red Bandana"
- "My Own Kind of Hat"
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1980s – 1990s |
- "The Way I Am"
- "Misery and Gin"
- "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink"
- "Leonard"
- "Rainbow Stew"
- "My Favorite Memory"
- "Big City"
- "Dealing with the Devil"
- "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)"
- "Going Where the Lonely Go"
- "You Take Me for Granted"
- "What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)"
- "It's All in the Game"
- "That's the Way Love Goes"
- "Someday When Things Are Good"
- "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room"
- "A Place to Fall Apart"
- "Make-Up and Faded Blue Jeans"
- "Kern River"
- "Amber Waves of Grain"
- "American Waltz"
- "I Had a Beautiful Time"
- "A Friend in California"
- "Out Among the Stars"
- "Almost Persuaded"
- "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star"
- "Chill Factor"
- "We Never Touch at All"
- "You Babe"
- "5:01 Blues"
- "A Better Love Next Time"
- "If You Want to Be My Woman"
- "Broken Friend"
- "When It Rains It Pours"
- "In My Next Life"
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Collaborations |
Albums |
Just Between the Two of Us (with Bonnie Owens and The Strangers)
A Taste of Yesterday's Wine (with George Jones)
Pancho & Lefty (with Willie Nelson)
Heart to Heart (with Leona Williams)
Walking the Line (with George Jones and Willie Nelson)
Seashores of Old Mexico (with Willie Nelson)
Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again (with George Jones)
Last of the Breed (with Willie Nelson and Ray Price)
Django & Jimmie (with Willie Nelson)
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Singles |
- "Just Between the Two of Us" (with Bonnie Owens and The Strangers)
- "The Bull and the Beaver" with Leona Williams
- "Bar Room Buddies" (with Clint Eastwood)
- "Yesterday's Wine" (with George Jones)
- "C.C. Waterback" (with George Jones)
- "Reasons to Quit" (with Willie Nelson)
- "Pancho and Lefty" (with Willie Nelson)
- "We're Strangers Again" (with Leona Williams)
- "If I Could Only Fly" (with Willie Nelson)
- "That's the Way Love Goes" with (Jewel)
- "Wreck on the Highway" (with Chester Smith)
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Guest appearances |
- "Street Singer" (by The Strangers)
- "Willie" (by Hank Cochran)
- "Walking the Floor Over You" (by Ernest Tubb)
- "I Can't Hold Myself in Line" (by Johnny Paycheck)
- "Lefty" (by David Frizzell)
- "Same Old Train" (from Tribute to Tradition)
- "Politically Uncorrect" (by Gretchen Wilson)
- "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" (by Hank Williams, Jr.)
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Compilations |
- The Best of Merle Haggard
- Close-Up
- The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard
- Songs I'll Always Sing
- Eleven Winners
- The Way It Was in '51
- Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits
- His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...)
- His Best
- His Greatest and His Best
- The Lonesome Fugitive
- Untamed Hawk
- Vintage Collections
- Down Every Road 1962–1994
- Yesterday's Wine 1981-1988
- A&E Biography
- 16 Biggest Hits
- For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits
- Merle Haggard's Train Whistle Blues
- 20 Greatest Hits
- David Allan Coe Presents
- 40 #1 Hits
- The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years
- Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
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Related articles |
- Discography
- Marty Haggard
- Noel Haggard
- Bonnie Owens
- Leona Williams
- The Strangers
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