"He's Back and I'm Blue" is a song written by Robert Anderson and Michael Woody, and recorded by the American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

group

The Desert Rose Band The Desert Rose Band was an American country rock band from Los Angeles, California, founded in 1985 by Chris Hillman (formerly of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers), with Herb Pedersen and John Jorgenson. The original lineup included Bil ...

. It was released in February 1988 as the third single from the album ''

''. The song was the fourth country hit for The Desert Rose Band and the first of two number ones for the group. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.

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1988 singles The Desert Rose Band songs Song recordings produced by Paul Worley MCA Records singles Curb Records singles 1987 songs {{1987-country-song-stub