Single:
On the Road Again entered the Australian singles chart* on 27 October 1980 and peaked at #64.
Album:
The song is on the Honeysuckle Rose soundtrack album which entered the Australian albums chart* on 29 September 1980 and peaked at #34.
Songwriter:
Willie Nelson
Producer:
Willie Nelson
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Live at the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tennessee:
Songfacts:
This was written on the spur of the moment on an airsickness bag when Nelson was on a plane with Jerry Schatzberg, the director of the movie Honeysuckle Rose and its executive producer Sydney Pollack. He recalled to Uncut magazine: “They were looking for songs for the movie and they asked me if I had any idea. I said, ‘What do you want the song to say?’ and Sydney said, ‘Can it be something about being on the road?’ It just started to click. I said ‘You mean like, On the road again, I can’t wait to get on the road again?; They said, ‘That’s great.'”
Nelson starred in the 1980 movie but it was not a big success.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/willie-nelson/on-the-road-again
Lyrics:
On the road again
Just can’t wait to get on the road again
The life I love is making music with my friends
I can’t wait to get on the road again
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