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The Crude Oil Blues

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"The Crude Oil Blues"
Single by Jerry Reed
from the album A Good Woman's Love
B-side"Pickie, Pickie, Pickie"
ReleasedFebruary 4, 1974
GenreCountry
Length2:32
LabelRCA Records
Songwriter(s)Jerry Reed
Producer(s)Chet Atkins
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed singles chronology
"The Uptown Poker Club"
(1973)
"The Crude Oil Blues"
(1974)
"A Good Woman's Love"
(1974)

"The Crude Oil Blues" is a song written and recorded by American country artist Jerry Reed. It was released in February 1974 as the lead single from the album, A Good Woman's Love. The song reached peaks of number 13 on the U.S. country chart and number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

Chart performance

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Chart (1974) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 91
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 17
Canadian RPM Top Singles 91

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.