"The Clown" is a song written by

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, Brenda Barnett, Charlie Chalmers and Sandra Rhodes, and recorded by American

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. It was released in December 1981 as the first single from the album ''

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''. The song was Twitty's 28th number one hit on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 13 weeks on the country chart.

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1982 singles 1981 songs Conway Twitty songs Songs written by Wayne Carson Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen Elektra Records singles {{1981-country-song-stub