Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1982
Highway 40 Blues
Buy Highway 40 Blues now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
"'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'. The song was Skaggs' fifth number one on the country chart and his fifth consecutive #1. The single stayed at #1 for one week and spent a total of 12 weeks on the chart.
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.
According to songwriter Cordle, "A lot of people who hear it think it's about Interstate 40, which runs right through Nashville, but I actually wrote it about that little state highway in Kentucky."
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:1983 singles
Category:Ricky Skaggs songs
Category:Songs written by Larry Cordle
Category:Epic Records singles
Category:1982 songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Ricky Skaggs
Buy Highway 40 Blues now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 1982