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"Forty Miles of Bad Road"
"Forty Miles of Bad Road"
Single by Duane Eddy, His 'Twangy' Guitar and the Rebels
from the album $1,000,000 Worth of Twang
B-side	"The Quiet Three"
Released	May 1959
Genre	Instrumental rock
Length	2:10
Label	Jamie
Songwriter(s)	Duane Eddy; Al Casey;

"Forty Miles of Bad Road" is a rock and roll instrumental recorded by Duane Eddy. Released as a single in 1959, it also appeared on Eddy's 1960 album $1,000,000 Worth of Twang.

Chart performance

The song charted at #9 on the Pop chart.^[2] "Forty Miles of Bad Road" also went to #17 on the Hot R&B Sides chart.^[3]

Chart (1959)	Peak position
Canada (CHUM Chart)^[4](2wks@4)	4
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)^[5]	11
US Billboard Hot 100	9
US Billboard Hot R&B Sides	17

The idiom is referenced in the lyrics of the R.E.M. song "Crush with Eyeliner": "She's a sad tomato/She's three miles of bad road".
It is also referenced in Bob Dylan's 2000 Academy Award winning song "Things Have Changed": "I've been walking forty miles of bad road/If the Bible is right, the world will explode."^[6]

^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
^ Koda, Cub (1994).Rock Instrumental Classics Volume 1: The Fifties (p. 14) [CD booklet]. Los Angeles: Rhino Records.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 182.
^ "CHUM Hit Parade - July 13, 1959".
^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
^ https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/things-have-changed/ ^{[bare URL]}

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