Tall Dark Stranger

"Tall Dark Stranger" is a song written and recorded by Buck Owens, released as a single in 1969. "Tall Dark Stranger" was Buck Owens' twentieth number one on the country chart, spending one week at the top and a total of thirteen weeks on the charts.^[1]

"Tall Dark Stranger"
Single by Buck Owens
from the album Tall Dark Stranger
B-side	"Sing That Kind of a Song"
Released	July 21, 1969
Genre	Country
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Buck Owens
Producer(s)	Ken Nelson
Buck Owens singles chronology
"Johnny B. Goode" (1969) "Tall Dark Stranger" (1969) "Big in Vegas" (1969)

Chart performance

Chart (1969)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Music Video

A video for the song was taped for the TV series Hee Haw, on which Owens was a co-host. The video is set in a wild west town, and during the musical bridge the song's main theme – a handsome stranger, tall and dressed in black clothing, stealing the heart of a young man's girlfriend and the woman riding off with him – is played out, said incident happening as Owens (cast as the protagonist) and the woman are walking out of a saloon. The video has since aired on Great American Country and CMT.