| "Saturday Night Special" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Conway Twitty | ||||
| from the album Still in Your Dreams | ||||
| B-side | "If You Were Mine to Lose" | |||
| Released | June 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:21 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Larry Bastian, Dewayne Blackwell | |||
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Bowen, Conway Twitty, Dee Henry | |||
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"Saturday Night Special" is a song written by Larry Bastian and Dewayne Blackwell, and recorded by American country music artist Conway Twitty. It was released in June 1988 as the second single from the album Still in Your Dreams. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]
The song's title refers to the pejorative slang for an inexpensive handgun, which a young man purchases at a pawn shop.