Many a Long & Lonesome Highway

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"Many a Long & Lonesome Highway"
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Single by Rodney Crowell
from the album Keys to the Highway
B-side "I Know You're Married"
ReleasedSeptember 1989
Genre Country
Length4:16
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Rodney Crowell
Will Jennings
Producer(s) Rodney Crowell
Tony Brown
Rodney Crowell singles chronology
"Above and Beyond"
(1989)
"Many a Long & Lonesome Highway"
(1989)
"If Looks Could Kill"
(1990)

"Many a Long & Lonesome Highway" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in September 1989 as the first single from Crowell's album Keys to the Highway . The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1990 [1] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2] It was written by Crowell and Will Jennings. It was covered by Willie Nelson on his 2024 album The Border .

Contents

Chart performance

Chart (1989–1990)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 45
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 47

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References

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  2. RPM Country Tracks
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