"Amanda" is a 1973 song written by Bob McDill and recorded by both

Don Williams Donald Ray Williams (May 27, 1939 – September 8, 2017) was an American country singer, songwriter, and 2010 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He began his solo career in 1971, singing popular ballads and amassing seventeen number ...

(1973) and

Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He pioneered the Outlaw Movement in country music. Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age f ...

(1974). "Amanda" was Waylon Jennings's eighth solo number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for three weeks on the '' Billboard''

Hot Country Singles Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sa ...

chart. As recorded by Jennings, "Amanda" had been a track on his 1974 album '' The Ramblin' Man'', but was not released as a single at that time; two other tracks, " I'm a Ramblin' Man" and "Rainy Day Woman," were. More than 4½ years later, new overdubs were added to the original track and placed on his first greatest hits album. In April 1979 the song was issued as a single, and it soon became one of the biggest country hits of 1979. "Amanda" is a love song of 2 young people growing up and falling in love.

Other versions

"Amanda" was first recorded and released as a single by country singer

in the summer of 1973 as the flip side of his No. 12 hit "Come Early Morning." Williams' version reached No. 33 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart. The master for both "Come Early Morning" and "Amanda," along with Williams' other recordings for JMI Records, were sold to ABC-Dot Records in 1974. Chris Stapleton covered this song on the 2017

tribute album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records c ...

"Gentle Giants: The Songs of Don Williams".

Billy Joe Royal Billy Joe Royal (April 3, 1942 – October 6, 2015) was an American country soul singer. His most successful record was " Down in the Boondocks" in 1965. Life and career Born in Valdosta, Georgia, to Clarence and Mary Sue Smith Royal, and rai ...

released a version of the song.Billy Joe Royal, "Amanda"
Retrieved September 23, 2012.

Chart performance

Don Williams

Waylon Jennings

Year-end charts

References

External links

* * 1973 singles 1979 singles Don Williams songs Billy Joe Royal songs Waylon Jennings songs Songs written by Bob McDill Song recordings produced by Allen Reynolds ABC Records singles RCA Records singles 1973 songs {{1970s-country-song-stub