One of the co-writes with Schlitz was a playful tune that serves as the perfect antidote to sufferers of friggatriskaidekaphobia, the rather unwieldy term for those who fear Friday the 13th. Two of the hits, “Passionate Kisses” and “The Bug” were covers of songs originally written and recorded, respectively, by Lucinda Williams and Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler, while Carpenter co-wrote the other five (four of them with “The Gambler” writer Don Schlitz). In 1992, Mary Chapin Carpenter released her fourth album, Come On, Come On, following up Shooting Straight in the Dark, which spawned the Cajun-infused Number Two single, “Down at the Twist and Shout.” None of the singles from Come On, Come On surpassed that position and Carpenter wouldn’t have her first Number One until 1994’s “Shut Up and Kiss Me,” but Come On, Come On was responsible for a staggering run of seven Top Twenty singles, over a period of 23 months.
