Rollin' with the Flow

"Rollin' with the Flow" is a song, released in 1977, by American country music artist Charlie Rich. The single was his eighth Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles charts.^[1] "Rollin' with the Flow" also crossed over into the top-40 of the adult contemporary music charts as well.

The mid-tempo song is sung from the perspective of a man who, despite being at an age when most of his peers have started raising families (at least 30 years old according to the first line), still lives a hard-partying, rock-and-roll lifestyle more in tune with far younger men. The song also makes reference to his Christian faith, noting that he knows he cannot continue like this in heaven (thus why he does it while he is still alive) and that he will eventually be forgiven, not just by Jesus, but his "crazy friends" as well.

Chart performance

Chart (1977)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	32
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles	100
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	35

Preceded by "It Was Almost Like a Song" by Ronnie Milsap	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single August 6-August 13, 1977	Succeeded by "Way Down" by Elvis Presley
Preceded by "Susan Flowers" by Dick Damron	RPM Country Tracks number-one single September 3, 1977	Succeeded by "Way Down" by Elvis Presley

Mark Chesnutt version

"Rollin' with the Flow"

Single by Mark Chesnutt

from the album Rollin' with the Flow

Released

August 2007

Genre

Country

Length

2:47

Label

Lofton Creek

Producer(s)

Jimmy Ritchey

Mark Chesnutt singles chronology

"Heard It in a Love Song"
(2007)

"Rollin' with the Flow"
(2007)

"When You Love Her Like Crazy"
(2008)

In 2007, country music artist Mark Chesnutt recorded a cover version which is the title song for an album released on June 24, 2008. Chesnutt's cover version has entered the country music charts, becoming his first Top 40 hit since "I'm a Saint" in late 2004-early 2005, peaking at number 25. It was released thirty years after Rich's version.

Chart performance

Chart (2007–2008)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	25

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 289.
↑ "Mark Chesnutt – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Mark Chesnutt.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Charlie Rich

Studio albums	The Fabulous Charlie Rich I Do My Swingin' at Home Behind Closed Doors

Notable singles	"Life's Little Ups and Downs" "Behind Closed Doors" "The Most Beautiful Girl" "There Won't Be Anymore" "A Very Special Love Song" "I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore" "I Love My Friend" "She Called Me Baby" "My Elusive Dreams" "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)" "America the Beautiful" "Rollin' with the Flow" "On My Knees" "Spanish Eyes" "Even a Fool Would Let Go"

Related articles	Discography

Mark Chesnutt

Studio albums	Too Cold at Home Longnecks & Short Stories Almost Goodbye What a Way to Live Wings Thank God for Believers I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Lost in the Feeling Mark Chesnutt Savin' the Honky Tonk Heard It in a Love Song Rollin' with the Flow Outlaw

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits

Notable singles	"Too Cold at Home" "Brother Jukebox" "Blame It on Texas" "Your Love Is a Miracle" "Broken Promise Land" "Old Flames Have New Names" "I'll Think of Something" "Bubba Shot the Jukebox" "Ol' Country" "It Sure Is Monday" "Almost Goodbye" "I Just Wanted You to Know" "Woman, Sensuous Woman" "She Dreams" "Goin' Through the Big D" "Gonna Get a Life" "Down in Tennessee" "Trouble" "It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings" "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" "It's a Little Too Late" "Let It Rain" "Thank God for Believers" "I Might Even Quit Lovin' You" "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" "This Heartache Never Sleeps" "Lost in the Feeling" "She Was" "Heard It in a Love Song" "Rollin' with the Flow" "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)"

Guest singles	"A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side" (with Tracy Byrd)

Related articles	Discography MCA Records Decca Records Columbia Records Lofton Creek Records

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