Living in the Promiseland
1986 single by Willie Nelson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Living in the Promiseland" is a song written by David Lynn Jones, and recorded by American country music artist Willie Nelson. It was released in February 1986 as the first single from the album The Promiseland. The song was Nelson's twelfth number one single on the country chart as a solo artist, spending one week at number one and twenty weeks on the chart.[1]
Quick Facts Single by Willie Nelson, from the album The Promiseland ...
"Living in the Promiseland" | ||||
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Single by Willie Nelson | ||||
from the album The Promiseland | ||||
B-side | "Bach Minuet in G"[1] | |||
Released | February 1986 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:18 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | David Lynn Jones | |||
Producer(s) | Willie Nelson | |||
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In 1988, Jones recorded his own version of the song for his 1988 album Hard Times on Easy Street and included it as the B-side to his single "High Ridin' Heroes", a duet with Waylon Jennings, which reached number 14 on the same chart.[2]