(We're Not) The Jet Set

"(We're Not) The Jet Set"
Single by George Jones & Tammy Wynette
from the album We're Gonna Hold On
B-side "Crawdad Song"
Released 1974 (1974)
Genre Country
Length 2:26
Label Epic
Writer(s) Bobby Braddock
Producer(s) Billy Sherrill
George Jones & Tammy Wynette singles chronology
"We're Gonna Hold On" (1973) "(We're Not) The Jet Set" (1974) "We Loved It Away" (1974)

"(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
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[1] 15
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 16

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
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