It was released in September 1982 as the first single and title track from the album Wild & Blue.
The alternative country band Freakwater also recorded their cover of the song in 1991, for their album "Dancing Under Water."
The 2014 re-issue of Lucinda Williams' self-titled album includes a live cover of "Wild and Blue", recorded on her 1989 European tour.
[3] The Country/Southern Rock Band The Steel Woods covered the song on their 2017 album Straw in the Wind.
The song was covered by Brent Cobb on the 2022 John Anderson tribute album Something Borrowed, Something New.