It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy

"It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy"
Single by Janie Fricke
from the album It Ain't Easy
B-side "Little More Love"
Released August 1982
Genre Country
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Mark Gray
Les Taylor
Shawna Harrington-Burkhart
Producer(s) Bob Montgomery
Janie Fricke singles chronology
"Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby"
(1982)
"It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy"
(1982)
"You Don't Know Love"
(1983)

"It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" is a song written by Mark Gray, Les Taylor and Shawna Harrington-Burkhart, and recorded by American country music artist Janie Fricke. It was released in August 1982 as the first single from the album It Ain't Easy. "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" was Janie Fricke's second number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1982) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 128.
Preceded by
"War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too)"
by T. G. Sheppard
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

November 27, 1982
Succeeded by
"You and I"
by Eddie Rabbitt with Crystal Gayle
Preceded by
"Heartbroke"
by Ricky Skaggs
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

December 11, 1982