Dwight Yoakam Best Songs
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Love Caught Up To Me is one that Dwight Yoakam wrote for his album "Tomorrows Sounds Today" which was released back in 2000.

Two singles came from the album and peaked at #26 and #49 but this song was not released as a single.

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Pocket Of A Clown is from the 1994 album "This Time" and was released as a singl. There were five singles from the album and three went to #2, one went to #14 and this one peaked at #22 in the US and #4 in Canada.

The song was written by Dwight and a music video was also produced for the song.

Purple Rain of course is a song initially recorded by Price back in 1984 and the song peaked at #2 on the charts in the US.

Dwight Yoakam put this track on his 2017 album "Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars" but he performed the song bluegrass style. 

Below are the Dwight Yoakam Purple Rain chords needed for this one.

Stop The World And Let Me Off was played by Dwight in concert as a tribute to Waylon Jennings who had success with this song, but Waylon wasn't the first to record this song. In fact it was by Carl Belew who wrote and recorded it back in 1957. And then later that year Patsy Cline did a version and had success with the song.

Waylon did his version in 1965.

Dwight's version can be found on the compilation album "Dwight's Used Records" from 2004.

The Back Of Your Hand was one of two singles released in 2003 but neither song cracked the top 40 country singles chart. When an artist signs with a label, those labels have influence on getting your songs on the radio. The larger the label, the more influence.

Dwight changed labels from Reprise to Warner Bros and for this album to a much weaker label called Audium out of NYC. They never had the clout to get much airplay for this album called "Population Me". It was also the last album with guitarist and producer Pete Anderson after a 20 year friendship which ended up in a court battle.

The Streets Of Bakersfield was Dwight Yoakam's first #1 in the US but his first #1 was Honky Tonk Man in Canada two years earlier.

From his "Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room" album of 1988, The Streets Of Bakersfield was a duet with his mentor Buck Owens. Homer Joy wrote the song years earlier and it was recorded by Buck back in 1972, but he had little commercial success at that time.

This duet version was the first time Buck Owens had seen a #1 in 16 years.

I play a capo 2nd fret in standard tuning with a root down root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern. Some lead required with the chords G, C and D.

Things Change hails from the album "A Long Way Home" which was the 9th album from Dwight Yoakam and hit the airwaves in 1998. This song was one of two singles from that album and reached #17 on the US country charts.

This song was also written by Dwight Yoakam.

The chords here are A, E, D and Gbm with some lead. Play a root down up down up down down repeat rhythm pattern in standard tuning.

Turn It In Turn It Up Turn Me Loose is one of five singles that came off of this one album in 1990 with Dwight's "If There Was A Way" album. Two songs were in the top 10 and the other three were in the top 20, including this one, which peaked at #11 in the US and #5 in Canada.

The song was co-written by Kostas and Wayland Patton.

Played with a root down up bass up down up and repeat rhythm pattern in standard tuning with the chords E, B7, E7 and an A.

Two Doors Down can be found on the 1993 album "This Time".

Dwight co-wrote this song with Nashville writer Kostas.

Of the 5 singles released from this album, this song was not one of them.

This one played in standard tuning with no lead with the chords G, D, C and A7. Play this with a root up down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern.

You're The One was a 1991 single which was was released from the album "If There Was A Way" and peaked at #5 in the US and #4 in Canada. There was also a music video created for the song.

This is another song that Yoakam had written 9 years earlier and it sat and gathered dust until it found it's place on this album.

Play a root up down up root up down up and repeat rhythm pattern with some lead and in standard tuning. Play the chords G, C, D, Am, D/Gb, D7, Adim, Em, E/Eb, E/D, A7 and Am7.