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Forty Miles of Bad Road

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"Forty Miles of Bad Road"
Single by Duane Eddy, His 'Twangy' Guitar and the Rebels
from the album $1,000,000 Worth of Twang[1]
B-side"The Quiet Three"
ReleasedMay 1959 (1959-05)
GenreInstrumental rock
Length2:10
LabelJamie
Songwriter(s)

"Forty Miles of Bad Road" is a rock and roll instrumental recorded by Duane Eddy. Released as a single in 1959, it also appeared on Eddy's 1960 album $1,000,000 Worth of Twang.

Background

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Duane told Oldies Radio DJ "Wild" Wayne that the title came about when he and his producer Lee Hazlewood were waiting in line to buy tickets at a movie theatre. They overheard two guys in front of them discussing a blind date that one of them just had. One asked the other as to how the blind date went. His friend replied that it was ok but the girl had a face that looked like "forty miles of bad road". Duane and Lee looked at each other and said we have the title of our next record.

Chart performance

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The song charted at #9 on the Pop chart.[2] "Forty Miles of Bad Road" also went to #17 on the Hot R&B Sides chart.[3]

Chart (1959) Peak
position
Canada (CHUM Chart)[4](2wks@4) 4
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[5] 11
US Billboard Hot 100 9
US Billboard Hot R&B Sides 17

Song influence

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References

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  1. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  2. ^ Koda, Cub (1994).Rock Instrumental Classics Volume 1: The Fifties (p. 14) [CD booklet]. Los Angeles: Rhino Records.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 182.
  4. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - July 13, 1959".
  5. ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  6. ^ https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/things-have-changed/ [bare URL]