Waitin' in Your Welfare Line

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"Waitin' in Your Welfare Line"
Single by Buck Owens
from the album Open Up Your Heart
B-side "In the Palm of Your Hand"
ReleasedJanuary 3, 1966
Genre Country
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ken Nelson
Buck Owens singles chronology
"Buckaroo"
(1965)
"Waitin' in Your Welfare Line"
(1966)
"Think of Me"
(1966)

"Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" is a 1966 single by Buck Owens. The single was Owens' tenth number one on the U.S. country music chart. "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" spent seven weeks at the top and a total of eighteen weeks on the country chart. [1]

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Chart performance

Chart (1966)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [2] 57
Canadian RPM Top Singles92

Cover versions

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 257.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 637.