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Branded Man (song)

"Branded Man"
Haggard - Branded Man cover.jpg
Single by Merle Haggard
from the album Branded Man
B-side "You Don't Have Very Far to Go"
Released July 8, 1967
Format 7"
Genre Country
Length 3:07
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Merle Haggard
Producer(s) Ken Nelson
Merle Haggard singles chronology
"I Threw Away the Rose"
(1967)
"Branded Man"
(1967)
"Sing Me Back Home"
(1967)
"I Threw Away the Rose"
(1967)
"Branded Man"
(1967)
"Sing Me Back Home"
(1967)

"Branded Man" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in July 1967 as the second single and title track from the album Branded Man. The song was Haggard's second number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent 15 weeks on the chart. The song is about an ex-convict's fear of not being accepted by the outside world after being paroled.


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