Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)

Album: Music Man (1979)
Charted: 21
Play Video
  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Waylon Jennings
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 9

  • Crowdsourced Lyrics Are Terrible from The Real WorldJust the good ol' boys / wouldn't change if they could / fightin' the system / like a true modern day Robin Hood.
  • Captnfuzzypants from OhioTerry, i believe that reference was a dig to the producers that they didnt have to pay him as much in royalties since you never see his face. just his hands and hear his voice..though we pretty much knew who it was due to his voice..
  • Terry from WichitaI'm sorry but I don't get what it means the last part of the song
    "You know my momma loves me
    But she don't understand
    They keep a showin' my hands
    And not my face on TV"

    Does anyone care to explain it to me, please?
  • Dale from VictoriaBarry you also forgot Catherine Bach who was also there for all 146 episodes :-)
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyAnd from the 'For What It's Worth' department, it was a fellow-Highwayman that knocked Waylon out of the top spot on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, Willie Nelson with "On The Road Again".
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyThe song reached #2 on the Canadian RPM Country Singles chart...
    As stated in the next post below it peaked at #1 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart; it was also the seventeenth in a string of twenty-one Top 10 records on the Country chart, and eleven of those Top 10 records would reach #1.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 26th 1979, the CBS-TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard" debut on national TV...
    The show ran from 1979 to 1985 with 146 episodes (Only Denver 'Uncle Jesse' Pyle and Sorrell 'Boss Hogg' Booke appeared in all 146 episodes)...
    And on September 17th, 1980 "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and on December 7th, 1980 it peaked at #21 (for 2 weeks) and spent 23 weeks on the Top 100...
    On October 26th, 1980 it reached #1 (for 1 week) on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart...
    R.I.P. Mr. Jennings (1937 - 2002), Mr. Pyle (1920 - 1997), and Mr. Booke (1930 - 1994).
  • Pennell from Kansas City, MoI love the both versions....but the slap in the face of 'You know my momma loved me, but she don't understand they keep showing my hands and not my face on TV' is a classic as well!!!
  • John from Nashville, TnThis song was Waylon's highest charted pop single and first (and only) million-seller.
see more comments

Editor's Picks

Glen Burtnik

Glen BurtnikSongwriter Interviews

On Glen's résumé: hit songwriter, Facebook dominator, and member of Styx.

Butch Vig

Butch VigSongwriter Interviews

The Garbage drummer/songwriter produced the Nirvana album Nevermind, and Smashing Pumpkins' Gish and Siamese Dream.

Richie Wise (Kiss producer, Dust)

Richie Wise (Kiss producer, Dust)Songwriter Interviews

Richie talks about producing the first two Kiss albums, recording "Brother Louie," and the newfound appreciation of his rock band, Dust.

Ian Anderson: "The delight in making music is that you don't have a formula"

Ian Anderson: "The delight in making music is that you don't have a formula"Songwriter Interviews

Ian talks about his 3 or 4 blatant attempts to write a pop song, and also the ones he most connected with, including "Locomotive Breath."

Kiss

KissFact or Fiction

Kiss is the subject of many outlandish rumors - some of which happen to be true. See if you can spot the fakes.

Grateful Dead Characters

Grateful Dead CharactersMusic Quiz

Many unusual folks appear in Grateful Dead songs. Can you identify them?