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I Wish I Was Crazy Again
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = I Wish I Was Crazy Again
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| type = single
| artist = Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings
| album = I Would Like to See You Again
| A-side = "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
| B-side = "I Wish I Was Crazy Again"
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| genre = country
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| label = Columbia 3-10742
| writer = Bob McDill
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| prev_title = After the Ball
| prev_title2 =
| prev_year = 1977
| title = There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
| title2 = I Wish I Was Crazy Again
| next_title = Gone Girl
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| next_year = 1978
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"'I Wish I Was Crazy Again'" is a song written by Bob McDill and introduced by the duet of Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings on Cash's 1978 album 'I Would Like to See You Again'.
Two Cash and Jennings' duets from that album, "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" and "I Wish I Was Crazy Again", were coupled together for a single release. "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" peaked at number 2 on U.S. 'Billboard' country chart for two weeks in July of that year,
while "Wish I Was Crazy Again" peaked at number 22 a year and a half later, for two weeks of January 1980.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = 7" single
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| title1 = There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
| note1 =
| writer1 = H. Bynum, D. Kirby
| lyrics1 =
| music1 =
| extra1 =
| length1 = 3:15
| title2 = I Wish I Was Crazy Again
| note2 =
| writer2 = B. McDill
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| length2 = 2:41
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Charts
References
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