Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...

, released on RCA Victor in 1984

1984 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...

. It contains several songs recorded primarily in the later period of the singer's career, encompassing the late 1970s as well as the early 1980s. Although several relatively obscure tracks were included, the compilation also contains the hits "Theme from the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)" and "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand". "Looking for Suzanne", "America" and "Waltz Me to Heaven" are all previously unreleased Jennings recordings; the first of these made a reappearance on Jennings' Sweet Mother Texas

Sweet Mother Texas

Sweet Mother Texas is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Records in 1986. The singer's last album for the label before his move to MCA, it contains, among others, a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on Fire" and a version of Kris Kristofferson's "Living Legend", which would be recorded by...

(1986). "America" and "Waltz Me to Heaven" charted as singles, reaching #6 and #10, respectively, with a music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 being released for the former; the album peaked at #27 on the country charts.

Track listing

1. "Looking for Suzanne" (Paul Kennerley
   Paul Kennerley
   Paul Kennerley is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer working in the American contemporary country music industry. His works include the concept albums, White Mansions and The Legend of Jesse James...
   
   ) – 3:35
2. "The Conversation" (Albright, Jennings, Williams) – 3:48

   From Waylon and Company

   Waylon and Company

   Waylon and Company is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Records in 1983 and featuring duets with a large number of influential artists, including Hank Williams, Jr., Jessi Colter, Willie Nelson, Ernest Tubb, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed, Emmylou Harris, Tony Joe White and actor James Garner...

   
   (1983)

3. "Waltz Me to Heaven" (Dolly Parton
   Dolly Parton
   Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
   
   ) – 3:06
4. "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)
   Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)
   "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard " is a song made famous by country music singer Waylon Jennings. Recognizable to fans as the theme to the CBS comedy adventure television series The Dukes of Hazzard, the song became a No...
   
   " (Jennings) – 2:06

   From Music Man

   Music Man (album)

   Music Man is an album by Waylon Jennings, released in 1980 on RCA Victor. It was Jennings' final album in a streak of releases which mostly reached #1 on the country charts...

   
   (1980)

5. "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand
   Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand
   "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Gone Out of Hand" is a single by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. Released in October 1978, it was the second single from his album I've Always Been Crazy. The song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached...
   
   " (Jennings) – 2:56

   From I've Always Been Crazy

   I've Always Been Crazy

   I've Always Been Crazy is a country album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1978. Highlights include the title track and "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand"; these two songs set the tone for the album, which finds Jennings burned out on the outlaw country movement...

   
   (1978)

6. "I Ain't Living Long Like This
   I Ain't Living Long Like This
   "I Ain't Living Long Like This" is a song written by Rodney Crowell. "I Ain't Living Long Like This" was first recorded in 1978 by Emmylou Harris as a track for her album, Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town.-Waylon Jennings version:...
   
   " (Crowell) – 5:01

   From What Goes Around Comes Around

   What Goes Around Comes Around

   What Goes Around Comes Around is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1979. Released when the outlaw country movement was already visibly past its prime, it was Jennings' first studio album to feature his distinctive logo on the cover, surrounded by neon and stars; I've Always...

   
   (1979)

7. "Come with Me
   Come with Me (Waylon Jennings song)
   "Come with Me" is a 1979 single written by Chuck Howard and recorded by Waylon Jennings. "Come with Me" would become Waylon Jennings' eighth No. 1 on the Country chart as a solo artist. The single stayed at No. 1 for two weeks and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the Country chart.-Chart...
   
   " (Harlan Howard
   Harlan Howard
   Harlan Perry Howard was a prolific American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote a large number of popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists...
   
   ) – 2:59

   From What Goes Around Comes Around (1979)

8. "America" (Johns) – 3:43
9. "Shine
   Shine (Waylon Jennings song)
   "Shine" is a single by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. Released in November 1981, it was the first single from his album Black on Black. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.-Chart performance:...
   
   " (Jennings) – 2:47

   From Black on Black

   Black on Black

   Black on Black is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1982. The second Jennings record, after 1977's Ol' Waylon, to be produced by Chips Moman, who had collaborated with Willie Nelson on Always on My Mind, Nelson's most successful album, Black on Black features a different sound...

   
   (1982)

10. "Women Do Know How to Carry On" (Emmons, Jennings) – 3:16

    From Black on Black (1982)

Chart performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	27