Cathy's Clown

"Cathy's Clown"
Single by The Everly Brothers
B-side	"Always It's You"
Released	1960
Format	7" single
Genre	Pop
Length	2:22
Label	Warner Bros. 5151
Writer(s)	Don Everly and Phil Everly
The Everly Brothers singles chronology
"Let It Be Me" (1960) "Cathy's Clown" (1960) "When Will I Be Loved" (1960)

"Cathy's Clown" is a popular song, written and recorded by The Everly Brothers, in which an unnamed narrator informs Cathy that he "don't want your love anymore." It was their first single for Warner Bros., after spending three years on Archie Bleyer's Cadence label. "Cathy's Clown" sold eight million copies worldwide, spending five weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and one week on the R&B charts.. It spent seven weeks at number one in the UK in May and June 1960. It would become the Everly Brothers' biggest hit single and their third and final US Number One. The song is ranked number 149 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The song is mentioned in the opening line of Elliott Smith's song "Waltz 2 (XO)", the title track of his 1998 album XO.

Chart positions

Chart (1960)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles	1

Preceded by "Stuck on You" by Elvis Presley	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single May 17, 1960 – June 20, 1960 (5 weeks)	Succeeded by "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" by Connie Francis
Preceded by "Doggin' Around" by Jackie Wilson	Billboard Hot R&B Sides number-one single June 13, 1960	Succeeded by "A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)" by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton
Preceded by "Do You Mind?" by Anthony Newley	UK number-one single May 5, 1960 (7 weeks)	Succeeded by "Three Steps to Heaven" by Eddie Cochran

Reba McEntire version

"Cathy's Clown"
Single by Reba
from the album Sweet Sixteen
B-side	"Walk On"
Released	April 1989
Genre	Country
Length	3:08
Label	MCA
Producer	Jimmy Bowen Reba McEntire
Reba singles chronology
"New Fool at an Old Game" (1988) "Cathy's Clown" (1989) "'Til Love Comes Again" (1989)

"Cathy's Clown" was covered by country music artist Reba McEntire for her album Sweet Sixteen. In 1989, McEntire's version became her thirteenth number-one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Unlike the original, McEntire sang the song in the third person, thus making the narrator another woman observing the storyline.

Bruce Boxleitner appears in the video as the "clown." The video was set in an Old West motif.

Chart positions

Chart (1989)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Preceded by "What's Going On in Your World" by George Strait	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single July 29, 1989	Succeeded by "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" by Dolly Parton
Preceded by "In a Letter to You" by Eddy Raven	RPM Country Tracks number-one single July 31, 1989