Prodigal Blues
{{Infobox song
| name = Prodigal Blues
| cover = Billy Idol - Prodigal Blues.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Billy Idol
| album = Charmed Life
| B-side = "The Loveless"
| released = 10 December 1990{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/404/mode/2up?q=billy+idol|title=Great Rock Discography|date=1995 |page=405|isbn=978-0-86241-541-9 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}
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| length =
| label = Chrysalis
| writer = Billy Idol
| producer = Keith Forsey
| prev_title = L.A. Woman
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Heroin
| next_year = 1993
| misc =
}}
"Prodigal Blues" is a song by Billy Idol from his 1990 studio album Charmed Life. It was also released as the album's third and final single in December 1990.
Background and writing
The song was written by Billy Idol. Speaking of its message, he told Sounds in 1990, "It's my father talking to me and me talking to [my son] Willem. By being angry, mad and crazy at times, I've shouted for an answer and all I've got back was my own echo. What I'm saying to Willem is what my father said to me – everybody has to leave the security of things they love to find out what they're all about. But you don't necessarily have to destroy yourself to do it.{{cite magazine |last=Trakin |first=Roy |date=12 May 1990 |title=Rebel without a horse |magazine=Sounds |page=29}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1990–1991)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"|Australian (ARIA Charts){{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2021/11/week-commencing-26-november-1990.html|title=Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 26 November 1990|access-date=26 November 2021}}
|align="center"|109 |
| {{single chart|UK|47|date=19901223|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 19, 2017}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|35|artist=Billy Idol|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 19, 2017}} |
References
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External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/Billy-Idol-Prodigal-Blues/master/111834 "Prodigal Blues"] at Discogs
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Category:Songs written by Billy Idol