The Clown (Conway Twitty song)

"The Clown"
Single by Conway Twitty
from the album Southern Comfort
B-side "The Boy Next Door"
Released December 1981
Genre Country
Length 4:01
Label Elektra
Writer(s) Wayne Carson
Brenda Barnett
Charlie Chalmers
Sandra Rhodes
Producer(s) Conway Twitty, Jimmy Bowen
Conway Twitty singles chronology
"Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night"
(1981)
"The Clown"
(1981)
"Slow Hand"
(1982)

"The Clown" is a song written by Wayne Carson, Brenda Barnett, Charlie Chalmers and Sandra Rhodes, and recorded by American country music artist Conway Twitty. It was released in December 1981 as the first single from the album Southern Comfort. "The Clown" was Conway Twitty's 28th number one the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 13 weeks on the country chart.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1981–1982) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 7

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 362.
  2. "Conway Twitty – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Conway Twitty.
Preceded by
"Big City"
by Merle Haggard
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

April 17, 1982
Succeeded by
"Crying My Heart Out Over You"
by Ricky Skaggs
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