A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today (song)

"A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today"
Single by Merle Haggard and The Strangers
from the album A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today
Released	August 29, 1977
Genre	Country
Length	2:55
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Merle Haggard
Producer(s)	Ken Nelson, Fuzzy Owen
Merle Haggard and The Strangers singles chronology
"Ramblin' Fever" (1977) "A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" (1977) "From Graceland to the Promised Land" (1977)

"A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in August 1977 as the lead single from the album of the same name, A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today. The song peaked at number 16 on the U.S. country singles chart and at number 8 on the Canadian country singles chart.^[1]

Personnel

• Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar

The Strangers:

• Roy Nichols – lead guitar
• Norman Hamlet – steel guitar, dobro
• Tiny Moore – mandolin
• Ronnie Reno – guitar
• Mark Yeary – piano
• James Tittle – bass
• Biff Adam – drums
• Don Markham – saxophone

Chart performance

Chart (1977)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2]	16
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	8

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 149.
2. "Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.