I Wish I Was Crazy Again

"I Wish I Was Crazy Again"
Single by Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings
from the album I Would Like to See You Again
A-side"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
B-side"I Wish I Was Crazy Again"
Released1978 (1978)
Genrecountry
LabelColumbia 3-10742
Songwriter(s)Bob McDill[1]
Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings singles chronology
"After the Ball"
(1977) 		"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" / "I Wish I Was Crazy Again"
(1978) 		"Gone Girl"
(1978)
Audio
"I Wish I Was Crazy Again" on YouTube

"I Wish I Was Crazy Again" is a song written by Bob McDill and introduced by the duet of Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings on Cash's 1978 album I Would Like to See You Again.

Two Cash and Jennings' duets from that album, "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" and "I Wish I Was Crazy Again", were coupled together for a single release.[1] "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" peaked at number 2 on U.S. Billboard's country chart for two weeks in July of that year,[2][3] while "Wish I Was Crazy Again" peaked at number 22 a year and a half later, for two weeks of January 1980.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings – There Ain't No Good Chain Gang (1978, Santa Maria Pressing, Vinyl) - Discogs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "Hot Country Songs Chart (The week of July 8, 1978)". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
    "Hot Country Songs Chart (The week of July 15, 1978)". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "I Wish I Was Crazy Again Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "Hot Country Songs Chart (The week of January 5, 1980)". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
    "Hot Country Songs Chart (The week of January 12, 1980)". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2021.