Running Kind

"Running Kind"
Single by Merle Haggard
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 singles chronology
"From Graceland to the Promised Land"
(1977)		 "Running Kind"
(1978)		 "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall"
(1978)

"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)

"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. 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 covered The Running Kind on disc 2 of Unearthed

Chart performance

Merle Haggard

Chart (1978) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 12
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 10

Radney Foster

Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 64

References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 149. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 149.
  3. ↑ "Merle Haggard – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Merle Haggard.
  4. ↑ "Radney Foster – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Radney Foster.
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