Waterloo | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Stonewall Jackson |
Album: | The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson |
B-Side: | Smoke Along the Track |
Released: | 1959 |
Genre: | Country |
Length: | 2:27 |
Label: | Columbia |
Producer: | Don Law |
Prev Title: | Life to Go |
Prev Year: | 1958 |
Next Title: | Smoke Along the Track |
Next Year: | 1959 |
"Waterloo" was a number-one hit (country chart) for country singer Stonewall Jackson in 1959. It was written by John D. Loudermilk and Marijohn Wilkin.[1]
The song tells of three famous people who, because of their actions, "met their Waterloo" - Adam (who ate the "apple"), Napoleon (at the namesake battle), and Tom Dooley (who was hanged for murder).
The single was the most successful of Jackson's career, spending five weeks at number one on the U.S. country music chart.[2] The B-side of "Waterloo", "Smoke Along the Track", reached number 24 on the country chart. "Waterloo" was also Jackson's only top 40 hit, where it stayed on the chart for 16 weeks, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.[3] [4]
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 170.
. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition . Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 311.