Rollin' with the Flow

"Rollin' with the Flow"
Single by Charlie Rich
from the album Rollin' with the Flow
B-side "To Sing a Love Song"
Released May 1977
Format 7"
Recorded April 1977
Genre Country
Length 2:43
Label Epic 50392
Songwriter(s) Jerry Hayes
Producer(s) Billy Sherrill
Charlie Rich singles chronology
"My Mountain Dew"
(1977)		 "Rollin' with the Flow"
(1977)		 "Beautiful Woman"
(1978)

"My Mountain Dew"
(1977)		 "Rollin' with the Flow"
(1977)		 "Beautiful Woman"
(1978)

"Rollin' with the Flow" is a song, written and recorded by T.G. Sheppard in 1975 on his debut album "T.G. Sheppard" but was first 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 and narrowly missed the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 101 on the Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart.

Content

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 second 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
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[3] 1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] 32
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 100
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 35

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
Songwriter(s) Jerry Hayes
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)

"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 (2007-08) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 25

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 289.
  2. ↑ "Charlie Rich Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ↑ "Charlie Rich Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. ↑ "Charlie Rich Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  5. ↑ "Mark Chesnutt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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