Rainy Day Woman

For the Bob Dylan song, see Rainy Day Women #12 & 35. For the Canadian drama film, see Rainy Day Woman (film).

"Rainy Day Woman" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. It was released in December 1974 as the second single from the album The Ramblin' Man. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1]

"Rainy Day Woman"
Single by Waylon Jennings
from the album The Ramblin' Man
B-side	"Let's All Help the Cowboys (Sing the Blues)"
Released	December 21, 1974
Studio	Glaser Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	2:33
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Waylon Jennings
Producer(s)	Waylon Jennings, Tompall Glaser
Waylon Jennings singles chronology
"I'm a Ramblin' Man" (1974) "Rainy Day Woman" (1974) "Dreaming My Dreams with You" (1975)

20 years later, the song was covered by Mark Chesnutt as a duet with Jennings on Chesnutt's 1994 album What a Way to Live.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1974-1975)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2]	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	18

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3]	43

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 174.
2. "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
3. "Talent in Action" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 87, no. 52. December 27, 1975. p. 28. Retrieved August 6, 2021.