Leave Them Boys Alone
1983 single by Hank Williams Jr. with Waylon Jennings and Ernest Tubb
| "Leave Them Boys Alone" | ||||
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| Single by Hank Williams Jr. with Waylon Jennings and Ernest Tubb | ||||
| from the album Strong Stuff | ||||
| B-side | "The Girl on the Front Row at Fort Worth" | |||
| Released | May 1983 (1983-05) | |||
| Recorded | August 5, 1982 (1982-08-05) | |||
| Studio | Sound Stage Studio, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:36 | |||
| Label | Elektra/Curb | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dean Dillon Gary Stewart Tanya Tucker Hank Williams Jr. | |||
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Bowen Hank Williams Jr. | |||
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| Waylon Jennings singles chronology | ||||
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| Ernest Tubb singles chronology | ||||
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"Leave Them Boys Alone" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter and musician Hank Williams Jr. with Waylon Jennings and Ernest Tubb. It was released in May 1983 as the second single from Williams' album Strong Stuff. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[1] It was written by Williams, Dean Dillon, Gary Stewart and Tanya Tucker.
Content
The lyrics of the song, much like Williams' Family Tradition echo the sentiment that the outlaw singers and their current escapades were predated by the hard living honky-tonkers of the 1950s such as Hank Williams, Sr. and Ernest Tubb, prior to the music being fairly taken over by the Nashville Sound in the 1960s.
Critical reception
Reviewing Strong Stuff for Record magazine, Lee Ballinger dismissed "Leave Them Boys Alone" as the album's "obligatory song about other Southern musicians".[2]
Chart performance
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 6 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 7 |
References
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- Your Cheatin' Heart
- Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Sing Great Country Favorites
- Ballads of the Hills and Plains
- Blues My Name
- A Time to Sing
- Songs My Father Left Me
- Luke the Drifter Jr. – Vol. 2
- Live at Cobo Hall
- After You, Pride's Not Hard to Swallow
- Hank Williams Jr. and Friends
- Family Tradition
- Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
- Habits Old and New
- Rowdy
- The Pressure Is On
- High Notes
- Strong Stuff
- Man of Steel
- Major Moves
- Five-O
- Montana Cafe
- Hank Live
- Born to Boogie
- Wild Streak
- Lone Wolf
- Pure Hank
- Maverick
- Out of Left Field
- Hog Wild
- A.K.A. Wham Bam Sam
- Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts
- Stormy
- The Almeria Club Recordings
- I'm One of You
- 127 Rose Avenue
- It's About Time
- Rich White Honky Blues
- Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits Vol. 2
- Fourteen Greatest Hits
- Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits
- Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
- America (The Way I See It)
- The Best of Hank Williams Jr. Volume One: Roots and Branches
- Tribute to My Father
- 20 Hits Special Collection, Vol. 1
- Early Years, Vol. 1
- Early Years, Vol. 2
- The Bocephus Box
- That's How They Do It in Dixie: The Essential Collection
- "Long Gone Lonesome Blues"
- "Nobody's Child"
- "All for the Love of Sunshine"
- "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" (with Lois Johnson)
- "Rainin' in My Heart"
- "Eleven Roses"
- "Rainy Night in Georgia"
- "I'll Think of Something"
- "I Fought the Law"
- "To Love Somebody"
- "Family Tradition"
- "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound"
- "Women I've Never Had"
- "Kaw-Liga"
- "Old Habits"
- "Texas Women"
- "Dixie on My Mind"
- "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)"
- "A Country Boy Can Survive"
- "Honky Tonkin'"
- "The American Dream"
- "Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight"
- "Leave Them Boys Alone" (with Ernest Tubb and Waylon Jennings)
- "Queen of My Heart"
- "Man of Steel"
- "Attitude Adjustment"
- "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"
- "Major Moves"
- "I'm for Love"
- "This Ain't Dallas"
- "Ain't Misbehavin'"
- "Country State of Mind"
- "Mind Your Own Business" (with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike and Willie Nelson)
- "Born to Boogie"
- "Heaven Can't Be Found"
- "Young Country"
- "If the South Woulda Won"
- "Early in the Morning and Late at Night"
- "There's a Tear in My Beer" (with Hank Williams Sr.)
- "Finders Are Keepers"
- "Ain't Nobody's Business"
- "Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'"
- "If It Will, It Will"
- "Devil in the Bottle"
- "Are You Ready for the Country?" (with Eric Church)
- "The Conversation" (with Waylon Jennings)
- "That Old Wheel" (with Johnny Cash)
- "Bartender Song (Sittin' at a Bar)" (with Rehab)
- Hank Williams (father)
- Audrey Williams (mother)
- Jett Williams (half-sister)
- Hank Williams III (son)
- Holly Williams (daughter)
- Coleman Williams (grandson)
- Discography
- Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
