I Don't Have to Be Me ('til Monday)

"I Don't Have To Be Me ('til Monday)"
Single by Steve Azar
from the album Waitin' on Joe
B-side "You Don't Know How It Feels"[1]
Released October 1, 2001 (2001-10-01)
Format CD Single
Genre Country
Length 3:16
Label Mercury Nashville
Writer(s) R.C. Bannon
Jason Young
Steve Azar
Producer Rafe VanHoy
Steve Azar singles chronology
"Nights Like This"
(1996)		 "I Don't Have To Be Me ('til Monday)"
(2001)		 "Waitin' On Joe"
(2002)

"I Don't Have To Be Me ('til Monday)" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Steve Azar. It was released in October 2001 as the lead-off single from his second studio album, Waitin' on Joe, it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, becoming Azar's highest-peaking single.

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Content

In the song, the male narrator decides to call in sick on Friday so that he can have a three-day weekend.[2]

Critical reception

Rick Cohoon of Allmusic gave the song a positive review, calling it "the lyrical embodiment of every working person’s fantasy" and "original, recognizable and conducive to toe tapping."[2]

Chart performance

"I Don't Have to Be Me ('til Monday)" debuted at #57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of October 6, 2001. "I Don't Have to Be Me" spent forty-four weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, peaking at #2 in mid-2002.[1] It was his first charting single since "I Never Stopped Lovin' You" in 1996.

Chart (2001-2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 35

References

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 244. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  2. ^ a b Cohoon, Rick. ""I Don't Have to Be Me ('til Monday)" review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/song/t5472196. Retrieved 25 February 2010.