"Amanda" is a 1973 song written by

Bob McDill Robert Lee McDill (born April 5, 1944) is a retired American songwriter, active from the 1960s until 2000. During his career he wrote or co-wrote 31 number one country hits. His songs were also recorded by popular artists of the 1970s, 1980s ...

and recorded by both

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(1973) and

Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is considered one of the pioneers of the Outlaw country, outlaw movement in country music. Jennings started playing ...

(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 ''

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chart. As recorded by Jennings, "Amanda" had been a track on his 1974 album ''

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'', but was not released as a single at that time; two other tracks, "

I'm a Ramblin' Man "I'm a Ramblin' Man" is a song written by Ray Pennington. He recorded the song in 1967 for Capitol Records and took it to number 29 on the country charts. It was later recorded by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. The song was Jenni ...

" 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.

Other versions

"Amanda" was first recorded and released as a single by country singer

in the summer of 1973 as the flip side of his No. 12 hit "Come Early Morning." Williams' version reached No. 33 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart. The master for both "Come Early Morning" and "Amanda," along with Williams' other recordings for JMI Records, were sold to ABC-Dot Records in 1974.

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covered this song on the 2017

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"Gentle Giants: The Songs of Don Williams".

Billy Joe Royal Billy Joe Royal (April 3, 1942 – October 6, 2015) was an American country soul singer. His most successful record was " Down in the Boondocks" in 1965. Life and career Born in Valdosta, Georgia, to Clarence and Mary Sue Smith Royal, and ra ...

released a version of the song.Billy Joe Royal, "Amanda"
Retrieved September 23, 2012.

Charts

Don Williams

Waylon Jennings

Year-end charts

References

External links

* * 1973 songs 1973 singles 1979 singles Don Williams songs Billy Joe Royal songs Waylon Jennings songs Songs written by Bob McDill Song recordings produced by Allen Reynolds ABC Records singles RCA Records singles {{1970s-country-song-stub