Highway 40 Blues

"Highway 40 Blues"
Single by Ricky Skaggs
from the album Highways & Heartaches
B-side "Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die"
Released March 1983
Genre Country, Bluegrass
Length 3:10
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Larry Cordle
Producer(s) Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs singles chronology
"I Wouldn't Change You If I Could"
(1982)		 "Highway 40 Blues"
(1983)		 "You've Got a Lover"
(1983)

"I Wouldn't Change You If I Could"
(1982)		 "Highway 40 Blues"
(1983)		 "You've Got a Lover"
(1983)

"Highway 40 Blues" is a song written by Larry Cordle, and recorded by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in March 1983 as the third single from the album Highways & Heartaches. "Highway 40 Blues" was Ricky Skaggs' fifth number one on the country chart and his fifth consecutive number one. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the chart.[1]

The song was covered in Spanish as "Blues de la Nacional II" by La Guardia.

The song was also covered by Daniel O'Donnell on his Two Sides of Album which was released in 1985.

Chart performance

Chart (1983) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 315.
  2. ↑ "Ricky Skaggs Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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