Song · Willie Nelson
“Blue Skies” by Willie Nelson
From the album Stardust (1978)
“Blue Skies” by Willie Nelson appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2026. It was first released in 1978 on the album Stardust. Its best result is #649 on the KXT 917 Song Countdown. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,519 indie & aaa song of all time.
Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies" was one of ten old pop standards Willie Nelson hand-picked from his own favorites for Stardust, his 22nd studio album, released in April 1978. It was a strange turn for a man who'd made his name as an outlaw country renegade, and Columbia's executives were not happy about him cutting songs everybody already knew.
The whole thing grew out of a request to his Malibu neighbor, Booker T. Jones. Nelson asked him to arrange "Moonlight in Vermont", liked what he heard, and handed him the entire record. Jones arranged and produced "Blue Skies", with Donivan Cowart and Bradley Hartman engineering, and the album took all of ten days to make. Put out as a single, the song went to number one on Billboard's country singles chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 649 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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