Amanda ( Don Williams song ) - Wikipedia Amanda ( Don Williams song ) This article is about a country song popularized by Don Williams and Waylon Jennings. For the song by the rock group Boston, see Amanda ( Boston song ). `` Amanda '' Single by Don Williams from the album Volume 1 A-side `` Come Early Morning '' Released May 1973 Format 7 '' Recorded ca. March 1973 Genre Country Label JMI 24 Songwriter ( s ) Bob McDill Producer ( s ) Allen Reynolds Don Williams singles chronology `` The Shelter of Your Eyes '' ( 1973 ) `` Amanda '' ( 1973 ) `` Atta Way to Go '' ( 1973 ) `` The Shelter of Your Eyes '' ( 1973 ) `` Amanda '' / `` Come Early Morning '' ( 1973 ) `` Atta Way to Go '' ( 1973 ) `` Amanda '' Single by Waylon Jennings from the album Greatest Hits B - side `` Lonesome, On'ry, And Mean '' Released April 1979 Format 7 '' Recorded July 15, 1974 ( original ) 1979 ( new overdubs for single release ) Genre Country Length 2 : 56 Label RCA 11596 Songwriter ( s ) Bob McDill Producer ( s ) Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings singles chronology `` Do n't You Think This Outlaw Bit 's Done Got Out of Hand '' ( 1978 ) `` Amanda '' ( 1979 ) `` Come with Me '' ( 1979 ) `` Do n't You Think This Outlaw Bit 's Done Got Out of Hand '' ( 1978 ) `` Amanda '' ( 1979 ) `` Come with Me '' ( 1979 ) `` Amanda '' is a 1973 song written by Bob McDill and recorded by both Don Williams ( 1973 ) and Waylon Jennings ( 1974 ). `` Amanda '' was Waylon Jennings 's eighth solo number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for three weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. As recorded by Jennings, `` Amanda '' had been a track on his 1974 album The Ramblin ' Man, but was not released as a single at that time ; two other tracks, `` I 'm a Ramblin ' Man '' and `` Rainy Day Woman, '' were. More than 41⁄2 years later, new overdubs were added to the original track and placed on his first greatest hits album. In April 1979 the song was issued as a single, and it soon became one of the biggest country hits of 1979. Contents 1 Other versions 2 Chart performance 2.1 Don Williams 2.2 Waylon Jennings 3 References 4 External links Other versions `` Amanda '' was first recorded and released as a single by country singer Don Williams in the summer of 1973 as the flip side of his No. 12 hit `` Come Early Morning. '' Williams ' version reached No. 33 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The master for both `` Come Early Morning '' and `` Amanda, '' along with Williams ' other recordings for JMI Records, were sold to ABC - Dot Records in 1974. Chris Stapleton covered this song on the 2017 tribute album to Don Williams `` Gentle Giants : The Songs of Don Williams ''. Billy Joe Royal released a version of the song. Chart performance Don Williams Chart ( 1973 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 33 Australian Kent Music Report 65 Waylon Jennings Chart ( 1979 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 54 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) 40 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Top Singles 67 Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 7 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 208. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ Whitburn, p. 463 Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ Billy Joe Royal, `` Amanda '' Retrieved September 23, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Don Williams -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Don Williams. Jump up ^ `` Waylon Jennings -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Waylon Jennings. Jump up ^ `` Waylon Jennings -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Waylon Jennings. Jump up ^ `` Waylon Jennings -- Chart history '' Billboard Adult Contemporary for Waylon Jennings. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Nobody Likes Sad Songs '' by Ronnie Milsap Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single June 30 -- July 14, 1979 Succeeded by `` Shadows in the Moonlight '' by Anne Murray Preceded by `` She Believes in Me '' by Kenny Rogers RPM Country Tracks number - one single July 14, 1979 Succeeded by `` You 're the Only One '' by Dolly Parton Don Williams Studio albums Don Williams Vol. 3 Harmony Especially for You Cafe Carolina And So It Goes Singles `` I Would n't Want to Live If You Did n't Love Me '' `` The Ties That Bind '' `` You 're My Best Friend '' `` ( Turn Out the Light And ) Love Me Tonight '' `` ' Til the Rivers All Run Dry '' `` Say It Again '' `` I Recall a Gypsy Woman '' `` She Never Knew Me '' `` Some Broken Hearts Never Mend '' `` I 'm Just a Country Boy '' `` I 've Got a Winner in You '' `` Rake and Ramblin ' Man '' `` Tulsa Time '' `` Lay Down Beside Me '' `` It Must Be Love '' `` Love Me Over Again '' `` Good Ole Boys Like Me '' `` I Believe In You '' `` Falling Again '' `` Miracles '' `` If I Needed You '' ( with Emmylou Harris ) `` Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good '' `` Listen to the Radio '' `` Mistakes '' `` If Hollywood Do n't Need You ( Honey I Still Do ) '' `` Love Is on a Roll '' `` Nobody but You '' `` Stay Young '' `` That 's the Thing About Love '' `` Maggie 's Dream '' `` Walkin ' a Broken Heart '' `` It 's Time for Love '' `` We 've Got a Good Fire Goin ' ' '' `` Heartbeat in the Darkness '' `` Then It 's Love '' `` Señorita '' `` I 'll Never Be in Love Again '' `` I Would n't Be a Man '' `` Another Place, Another Time '' `` Desperately '' `` Old Coyote Town '' `` One Good Well '' `` I 've Been Loved by the Best '' `` Just as Long as I Have You '' `` Maybe That 's All It Takes '' `` Back in My Younger Days '' `` True Love '' `` Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy '' Related articles Discography `` Amanda '' Waylon Jennings Albums Singles Studio albums Waylon at JD 's Folk - Country Leavin ' Town Nashville Rebel Waylon Sings Ol ' Harlan Love of the Common People The One and Only Hangin ' On Only the Greatest Jewels Just to Satisfy You Waylon Singer of Sad Songs The Taker / Tulsa Cedartown, Georgia Good Hearted Woman Ladies Love Outlaws Lonesome, On'ry and Mean Honky Tonk Heroes This Time The Ramblin ' Man Dreaming My Dreams Are You Ready for the Country Ol ' Waylon I 've Always Been Crazy What Goes Around Comes Around Music Man Black on Black It 's Only Rock + Roll Waylon and Company Never Could Toe the Mark Turn the Page Sweet Mother Texas Will the Wolf Survive Hangin ' Tough A Man Called Hoss Full Circle The Eagle Too Dumb for New York City, Too Ugly for L.A. Ol ' Waylon Sings Ol ' Hank Cowboys, Sisters, Rascals & Dirt Waymore 's Blues ( Part II ) Right for the Time Closing In on the Fire Waylon Forever Goin ' Down Rockin ' : The Last Recordings Live albums Waylon Live Never Say Die : Live Live from Austin, TX Never Say Die : The Final Concert Notable singles 1960s `` That 's the Chance I 'll Have to Take '' `` Stop the World ( And Let Me Off ) '' `` Anita, You 're Dreaming '' `` Time to Bum Again '' `` ( That 's What You Get ) For Lovin ' Me '' `` Green River '' `` Mental Revenge '' `` The Chokin ' Kind '' `` Walk On Out of My Mind '' `` I Got You '' with Anita Carter `` Only Daddy That 'll Walk the Line '' `` Yours Love '' `` Something 's Wrong in California '' `` The Days of Sand and Shovels '' `` Brown Eyed Handsome Man '' 1970s `` Singer of Sad Songs '' `` The Taker '' `` ( Do n't Let the Sun Set on You ) Tulsa '' `` Mississippi Woman '' `` Under Your Spell Again '' with Jessi Colter `` Cedartown, Georgia '' `` Good Hearted Woman '' `` Sweet Dream Woman '' `` Pretend I Never Happened '' `` You Can Have Her '' `` We Had It All '' `` You Asked Me To '' `` This Time '' `` I 'm a Ramblin ' Man '' `` Rainy Day Woman '' `` Dreaming My Dreams with You '' `` Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way '' `` Ca n't You See '' `` Are You Ready for the Country '' `` Luckenbach, Texas ( Back to the Basics of Love ) '' `` I 've Always Been Crazy '' `` Do n't You Think This Outlaw Bit 's Done Got Out of Hand '' `` Amanda '' `` Come With Me '' `` I Ai n't Living Long Like This '' 1980s -- 1990s `` Clyde '' `` Good Ol ' Boys '' `` Storms Never Last '' with Jessi Colter `` Shine '' `` Just to Satisfy You '' with Willie Nelson `` Women Do Know How to Carry On '' `` Lucille ( You Wo n't Do Your Daddy 's Will ) '' `` Breakin ' Down '' `` Hold On, I 'm Comin ' '' with Jerry Reed `` The Conversation '' with Hank Williams Jr. `` I May Be Used ( But Baby I Ai n't Used Up ) '' `` Never Could Toe the Mark '' `` America '' `` Waltz Me to Heaven '' `` Drinkin ' and Dreamin ' '' `` The Devil 's on the Loose '' `` Working Without a Net '' `` Will the Wolf Survive '' `` What You 'll Do When I 'm Gone '' `` Rose in Paradise '' `` Fallin ' Out '' `` My Rough and Rowdy Days '' `` If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now '' `` How Much Is It Worth to Live in L.A. '' `` Which Way Do I Go ( Now That I 'm Gone ) '' `` Trouble Man '' `` You Put the Soul in the Song '' `` Wrong '' `` Where Corn Do n't Grow '' `` What Bothers Me Most '' `` The Eagle '' `` Just Talkin ' '' `` Too Dumb for New York City '' `` Wild Ones '' `` I Know About Me Do n't Know About You '' `` Outlaw Shit '' Collaborations Waylon & Willie Albums : Waylon & Willie WWII Take It to the Limit Clean Shirt Super Hits Singles : `` The Wurlitzer Prize ( I Do n't Want to Get Over You ) '' `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' `` ( Sittin ' On ) The Dock of the Bay '' `` Take It to the Limit '' `` If I Can Find a Clean Shirt '' Other collaborations Country - Folk with The Kimberlys Leather and Lace with Jessi Colter Heroes with Johnny Cash Old 97 's & Waylon Jennings with Old 97 's Collaboration singles `` MacArthur Park '' with The Kimberlys `` Suspicious Minds '' with Jessi Colter `` Good Hearted Woman '' with Willie Nelson ( Re-recording ) `` Suspicious Minds '' with Jessi Colter ( Re-release from Wanted ! The Outlaws ) `` There Ai n't No Good Chain Gang '' with Johnny Cash `` Wish I Was Crazy Again '' with Johnny Cash `` The Wild Side of Life / It Was n't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels '' with Jessi Colter `` Leave Them Boys Alone '' with Hank Williams Jr. and Ernest Tubb `` Even Cowgirls Get the Blues '' with Johnny Cash `` Ballad of Forty Dollars '' with Johnny Cash `` Somewhere Between Ragged and Right '' with John Anderson `` High Ridin ' Heroes '' with David Lynn Jones `` One Good Love '' with Neil Diamond Compilations The Best of Waylon Jennings Do n't Think Twice Ruby, Do n't Take Your Love to Town Only Daddy That 'll Walk the Line Heartaches by the Number Greatest Hits Waylon 's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 The Best of Waylon New Classic Waylon Only Daddy That 'll Walk the Line : The RCA Years The Journey : Six Strings Away The Journey : Destiny 's Child The Restless Kid : Live at JD 's 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection : The Best of Waylon Jennings RCA Country Legends Ultimate Waylon Jennings 16 Biggest Hits Nashville Rebel The Essential Waylon Jennings Related The Waylors Outlaw country Wanted ! 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Question: who wrote the song amanda light of my life
Answer: Bob McDill