[2] Twitty's version was released in January 1974 as the first single from the album Honky Tonk Angel.
The single was released in September 1975 with the B-side "(Wouldn't You Know It) Got Myself a Girl", written by Alan Tarney and Trevor Spencer.
a "Honky"), unaware that the phrase "honky-tonk angel" was an American slang term for a prostitute.
He decided to make a televised announcement which called for EMI to withdraw the record, and declared that he would be refusing to promote it any further.
[5] In the decades since its withdrawal, "Honky Tonk Angel" has appeared as a bonus track on the 2001 CD reissue of I'm Nearly Famous, and on the 2002 compilation The Singles Collection.