| "Friday Night Blues" | ||||
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| Single by John Conlee | ||||
| from the album Friday Night Blues | ||||
| B-side | "When I'm Out of You" | |||
| Released | May 3, 1980 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sonny Throckmorton Rafe Van Hoy | |||
| Producer(s) | Bud Logan | |||
| John Conlee singles chronology | ||||
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"Friday Night Blues" is a song written by Sonny Throckmorton and Rafe Van Hoy and originally recorded by Throckmorton, whose version of the song went to No. 89 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1980, released on Mercury Records with "It Always Rains on Me" on the B-side.[1]
Only one month after Throckmorton's version charted, John Conlee released his own rendition of the song, from his album of the same name. Conlee's version charted at No. 2 on Hot Country Songs.[2] Conlee's version of the song was the first credit for session guitarist Brent Rowan, who soon became the only guitarist that Conlee used under the production of Bud Logan.[3]