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Released on Capitol Records, also Everlong (Foo Fighters), Everything in Its Right Place (Radiohead) and Lilith (Halsey)
Written by Bob McDill, also Amanda (Waylon Jennings), I Recall a Gypsy Woman (Don Williams) and Gone Country (Alan Jackson)
Part of Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 3, also Tears in the Holston River, Oh Cumberland and I’ll Be Faithful to You
Written by Allen Reynolds, also I Recall a Gypsy Woman (Don Williams), Five O’Clock World (The Vogues) and Wrong Road Again (Crystal Gayle)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Bob McDill wrote 89 songs on fono
Allen Reynolds wrote 23 songs on fono
Bob McDill’s most frequent co-writer is Wayland Holyfield (6 songs together)
Allen Reynolds’s most frequent co-writer is Bob McDill (4 songs together)
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Allen Reynolds and Bob McDill
- Performed by
- Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Released on
- Capitol Records
- Written by
- Allen Reynolds and Bob McDill
- Performed by
- Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Released on
- Capitol Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Bob McDill
Same writer: Allen Reynolds
Same label: Capitol Records
Same release: Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 3
Same writer: Allen Reynolds
Same label: Capitol Records
Same release: Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 3
Same writer: Bob McDill
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Catfish John was performed by Alison Krauss & Union Station
Catfish John was performed by Alison Krauss & Union Station
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Catfish John was written by Allen Reynolds
Catfish John was written by Allen Reynolds
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Catfish John was written by Bob McDill
4MusicBrainz Catfish John is part of the release Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 3
Catfish John is part of the release Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 3
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Capitol Records is the label of the song Catfish John
Capitol Records is the label of the song Catfish John
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Catfish John was released on 2002-10-01