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The 1968 song by Glen Campbell (reached #3 on the Billboard charts). The song’s accolades are deservedly split between the singer and the songwriter, Jimmy Webb and included from a “great moment in music history” to “"Wichita Lineman” just might be the best song ever written" and “The first existential country song”.

The song constantly ranks high on the lists of “best of all times”, with a nice [BC take on it –

one of those rare songs that seems somehow to exist in a world of its own – not just timeless but ultimately outside of modern music…“Wichita Lineman” falls somewhere between pop and country music, without really being either.

From the album with same name, where it was the only original Glen Campbell song.

The song was one of three great hits written by Webb for Glen Campbell, all about three cities in the south.

Per Webb – “And it’s almost as though the song was waiting for the singer and the singer was waiting for the song.”

The others were “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and “Galveston”.

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Vibraphone
Fender VI Bass Guitar
Acoustic Bass
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Recorded At
Capitol Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
Released in
October 1968
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