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Friday Night Blues
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Wikipedia article
"'Friday Night Blues'" is a song written by Sonny Throckmorton and Rafe Van Hoy and originally recorded by Throckmorton, whose version of the song went to No. 89 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1980, released on Mercury Records with "It Always Rains on Me" on the B-side.
Only one month after Throckmorton's version charted, John Conlee released his own rendition of the song, from his album of the same name. Conlee's version charted at No. 2 on Hot Country Songs.Whitburn, p. 102 Conlee's version of the song was the first credit for session guitarist Brent Rowan, who soon became the only guitarist that Conlee used under the production of Bud Logan.
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The couple at the focus of this song is living in a relationship in which the husband has been on the road all week on business and his wife is a homemaker. He is tired out when he arrives home on Friday afternoon. He wants to sit on the couch, watch the 6:00 news, and relax. Meanwhile, his wife is getting dressed for a night out on the town. They have different ideas about what Friday should be. The wife's feelings of loneliness for her oft-absent husband build through the week, hence the Friday night blues, as she converses with a neighbor about married life. We assume that the husband is a good provider for them, though work pulls him away a lot.
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Category:1980 singles
Category:John Conlee songs
Category:Sonny Throckmorton songs
Category:Songs written by Sonny Throckmorton
Category:Mercury Records singles
Category:MCA Records singles
Category:Songs written by Rafe Van Hoy
Category:1980 songs
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