But you can tell the story without being vulgar and I don’t think I was vulgar.” However, the song was confusing to Twitty’s long-time producer Owen Bradley. If you did, it wouldn’t be country music. You can’t take the sex out of country music. The guy’s in bed with his wife and thinking of another woman. With “Linda On My Mind,” Conway explained, quote: “It never comes right out and says anything. His point is perhaps acceptable about “Linda On My Mind,” but certainly not the other two because their titles were so blatantly descriptive.
Of course, Twitty claimed to have no idea why the backlash was so strong (his reaction was similar about “You’ve Never Been This Far Before” a couple of years earlier and later with 1980’s “I’d Love To Lay You Down”). Some radio station program directors apparently took offense, much to Conway’s delight. In “Linda On My Mind,” the protagonist sleeps with one woman while thinking of another. He reveled in that, discovering early on that risqué material usually generated large hits.
No matter who “Linda” was – if she even existed at all – she helped to create another link in what was to become a long chain of controversial records by Twitty.
Conway felt that this mystery was a big reason for “Linda On My Mind” becoming a chart-topping hit. Classic Country Music Stories - The Story Behind The Song: “Linda On My Mind” (written by Conway Twitty) Conway Twitty (#1, 1975) Conway Twitty’s “Linda On My Mind” entered Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart on Januand almost from the outset, Conway was constantly bombarded by fans with the question, “Who’s Linda?” He never had a direct answer for them, choosing to keep it as part of the song’s mystique.
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