Homegrown Tomatoes

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"Homegrown Tomatoes"
Homegrown Tomatoes - Guy Clark.jpg
Single by Guy Clark
from the album Better Days
B-side "Fold in a Mirror"
ReleasedAugust 1981 [1]
RecordedFolk, World, country
Genre Pop
Length2:55
Label Warner
Songwriter(s) Guy Clark
Producer(s) Rodney Crowell
Guy Clark singles chronology
"The Partner Nobody Chose"
(1981)
"Homegrown Tomatoes"
(1981)

"Homegrown Tomatoes" is a 1981 song by Guy Clark, later included on his 1983 Better Days album. [2] It is one of his best-known compositions. [3]

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The song reached #42 on the US Billboard Country chart during the late summer of 1981. [4]

The song was covered by John Denver in 1988 on his LP Higher Ground . [5] It was also later included on Clark's 1995 compilation albums, Craftsman [6] and his 2007 Anthology LP. [7]

Chart history

Chart (1981)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Country Singles [8] 42

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 213.
  2. Discogs: Guy Clark - Better Days
  3. Guy Clark - Hindsight 21-20: Anthology 1975-1995
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 213.
  5. Rolling Stone Guy Clark: 12 Essential Songs
  6. Discogs: Guy Clark - Craftsman
  7. Guy Clark - Hindsight 21-20: Anthology 1975-1995
  8. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 81.