(We're Not) The Jet Set
"(We're Not) The Jet Set" | ||||
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Single by George Jones & Tammy Wynette | ||||
from the album We're Gonna Hold On | ||||
B-side | "Crawdad Song" | |||
Released | 1974 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:26 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Writer(s) | Bobby Braddock | |||
Producer(s) | Billy Sherrill | |||
George Jones & Tammy Wynette singles chronology | ||||
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"(We're Not) The Jet Set" is a song recorded by country music duo George Jones and Tammy Wynette. It was written by country songwriter Bobby Braddock.
Background
The song is a humorous celebration of country roots. It begins with European instrumentation and the misleading opening lines:
- By a fountain back in Rome
- I fell in love with you
- In a small cafe in Athens
- You said you loved me too
- And it was April in Paris
- When I first held you close to me
- Rome, Georgia
- Athens, Texas
- and Paris, Tennessee
Epic released the song as a single in 1974 and it climbed to #15 on the Billboard country charts. In July 2013 Uncut singled out the performance as a "grand romance." John Prine covered the song with Iris Dement and it became the opening track on his 1999 LP In Spite of Ourselves.
Chart performance
Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[1] | 15 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 16 |
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
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