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Шаблон:Infobox song "Good Hearted Woman" is a song written by American country music singers Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.

Writing

In 1969, while staying at the Fort Worther Motel in Fort Worth, Texas,Шаблон:Sfn Jennings saw an advertisement in a newspaper promoting Tina Turner as a "good hearted woman loving two-timing men", a reference to Ike Turner.[1] Jennings went to talk to Nelson, who was in a middle of a poker game, about writing a song based on that phrase. Joining the game, he and Nelson expanded the lyrics as Nelson's wife Connie Koepke wrote them down.Шаблон:Sfn

Recording

Jennings recorded the song for the first time as the title track of his 1972 album Good Hearted Woman,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn the single peaked at number three on the Billboard's Hot Country Singles.[2] Jennings had recorded a concert version for Waylon Live, which served as a basis for the duet with Nelson. "I just took my voice off and put Willie's on in different places," he explained. "Willie wasn't within 10,000 miles when I recorded it." He also added canned crowd noises to add to the live feel for the album Wanted: The Outlaws!.[3] The album cemented the pair's outlaw image and became country music's first platinum album.Шаблон:Sfn The song peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot Country Singles and at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] The song won the Single of the Year award in the 1976 Country Music Association Awards,[5] and took Jennings and Nelson to the mainstream audiences, giving them nationwide recognition.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Charts

Waylon Jennings

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Chart (1971-1972) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson

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Chart (1976) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 5
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1976) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 2

Cover versions

References

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Works cited

Шаблон:Waylon Jennings Шаблон:Willie Nelson singles Шаблон:CMA Single of the Year

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