Swinging Doors (song)

"Swinging Doors"
Single by Merle Haggard
from the album Swinging Doors
B-side "The Girl Turned Ripe"
Released February 28, 1966
Format 7"
Genre Country
Length 2:51
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Merle Haggard
Producer(s) Ken Nelson
Fuzzy Owen
Merle Haggard singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can"
(1965)
"Swinging Doors"
(1966)
"The Bottle Let Me Down"
(1966)

"Swinging Doors" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in February 1966 as the first single and title track from the album Swinging Doors. The song peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles.[1]

Content

The narrator has been dumped by his woman and tells her that he has what he needs.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1966) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 5

Cover versions

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 146.
  2. Randall, Alice; Carter Little; Courtney Little (2006). My Country Roots: The Ultimate MP3 Guide to America's Original Outsider Music. Thomas Nelson, Inc. p. 92. ISBN 1-59555-860-8.


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