Running Kind
| "Running Kind" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Merle Haggard and The Strangers | |
| from the album A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today | |
| B-side | "Making Believe" |
| Released | January 9, 1978 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 3:00 |
| Label | Capitol |
| Songwriter(s) | Merle Haggard |
| Producer(s) | Ken Nelson, Fuzzy Owen |
| Merle Haggard and The Strangers singles chronology | |
|
"From Graceland to the Promised Land" (1977) "Running Kind" (1978) "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" (1978) | |
| "The Running Kind" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Radney Foster | |
| from the album Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard | |
| B-side | "Silver Wings" (Pam Tillis)[1] |
| Released | 1994 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 4:23 |
| Label | Arista Nashville |
| Songwriter(s) | Merle Haggard |
| Radney Foster singles chronology | |
|
"Labor of Love" (1994) "The Running Kind" (1994) "Willin' to Walk" (1995) | |
"Running Kind" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in January 1978 as the second and final single from the album, A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today . The song peaked at number 12 on the U.S. country singles chart and at number 10 on the Canadian country singles chart.[2] The song was later covered by Radney Foster for the Haggard tribute album Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard . Foster's version was released as a single in 1994 and peaked at number 64 on the U.S. country singles chart.[1] Johnny Cash also covered the song with Tom Petty on the Unearthed box set.
Personnel
[edit ]- Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar
- Roy Nichols – lead guitar
- Norman Hamlet – steel guitar, dobro
- Tiny Moore – mandolin
- Ronnie Reno – guitar
- Mark Yeary – piano
- James Tittle – bass
- Biff Adam – drums
- Don Markham – saxophone
Chart performance
[edit ]Merle Haggard
[edit ]| Chart (1978) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard )[3] | 12 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 10 |
Radney Foster
[edit ]| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard )[4] | 64 |
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 149.
- ^ "Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Radney Foster Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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