On the Road Again (Willie Nelson song)

"On the Road Again"
"On the Road Again"
Single by Willie Nelson
from the album Honeysuckle Rose
B-side	"Jumpin' Cotton Eyed Joe" (Johnny Gimble)
Released	August 1980
Recorded	Fall 1979
Studio	Enactron Truck, Hollywood, California
Genre	Country rock
Length	2:38
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Willie Nelson
Producer(s)	Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson singles chronology
Audio video
	"Willie Nelson - On The Road Again (Official Audio)" on YouTube

"On the Road Again" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Willie Nelson.

The song, about life on tour, came about when the executive producer of the film Honeysuckle Rose approached Nelson about writing the song for the film's soundtrack.^[1] "On the Road Again" became Nelson's 9th Country & Western No. 1 hit overall (6th as a solo recording act) in November 1980, and became one of Nelson's most recognizable tunes. In addition, the song reached No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 7 on the Adult Contemporary chart.^[2] It was his biggest pop hit to that time and won him a Grammy Award for Best Country Song a year later.

^ "On the Road Again", from "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", Rolling Stone, November 2004.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 178.

[1] "On the Road Again", from "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", Rolling Stone, November 2004.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 178.

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