I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair
| "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by George Jones | ||||
| from the album Walls Can Fall | ||||
| B-side | "Finally Friday"[1] | |||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Writer(s) | Billy Yates, Frank Dycus, Kerry Kurt Phillips | |||
| Producer(s) | Emory Gordy, Jr. | |||
| George Jones singles chronology | ||||
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"I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" is a song written by Billy Yates, Frank Dycus and Kerry Kurt Phillips, and recorded by George Jones. It was the first single from his 1992 album Walls Can Fall.
Content
The narrator asserts that, while he is older, he will not give up a honky tonking lifestyle. Its final chorus is done as a call and response, with several other country singers providing the response: Vince Gill, Mark Chesnutt, Garth Brooks, Travis Tritt, Joe Diffie, Alan Jackson, Pam Tillis, T. Graham Brown, Patty Loveless and Clint Black.[1]
In the book The Life and Times of a Honky Tonk Legend, Bob Allen describes it as a "boisterous musical declaration[…]about a man's determination to keep right on honky tonkin' into his golden years."[2] Richard Carlin, in the book Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary, called it "a good-natured but defiant statement of where this old fella's comin' from."[3] Brian Mansfield, in his review of Walls Can Fall, called the song "scarier because of George's past",[4] while Jones himself described the song as "my attitude set to music."[5]
The song won the 1993 Country Music Association award for Vocal Event of the Year.[6]
Chart performance
| Chart (1992-93) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] | 63 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 34 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 244. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- ↑ Allen, Bob (1994). George Jones: the life and times of a honky tonk legend. Carol Publication Group. p. 304.
- ↑ Carlin, Richard (2003). Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary. Taylor & Francis. p. 207.
- ↑ Mansfield, Brian. "Walls Can Fall review". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ↑ Ching, Barbara. Wrong's What I Do Best. p. 132.
- ↑ Stambler, Irwin; Landon, Grelon. Country Music: The Encyclopedia. Macmillan. p. 500.
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1827." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 23, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ↑ "George Jones Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for George Jones.
