Waterloo (Stonewall Jackson song)

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"Waterloo"
Single by Stonewall Jackson
from the album The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson
B-side "Smoke Along the Track"
Released 1959
Genre Country
Length2:27
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) John D. Loudermilk
Marijohn Wilkin
Producer(s) Don Law
Stonewall Jackson singles chronology
"Life to Go"
(1958)
"Waterloo"
(1959)
"Smoke Along the Track"
(1959)

"Waterloo" was a number-one hit (country chart) for country singer Stonewall Jackson in 1959. It was written by John D. Loudermilk and Marijohn Wilkin. [1]

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Background

The song tells of three famous people who, because of their actions, "met their Waterloo" Adam (who ate the "apple"), Napoleon (at the namesake battle), and Tom Dooley (who was hanged for murder).

Chart performance

The single was the most successful of Jackson's career, spending five weeks at number one on the U.S. country music chart. [2] The B-side of "Waterloo", "Smoke Along the Track", reached number 24 on the country chart. "Waterloo" was also Jackson's only top 40 hit, where it stayed on the chart for 16 weeks, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. [3] [4]

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References

  1. BMI Repertoire Note: need to type song title or author's name into search line of website
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 170.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 311.
  4. Billboard Top 100 online