Take This Job and Shove It
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| "Take This Job and Shove It" | ||||
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| Single by Johnny Paycheck | ||||
| from the album Take This Job and Shove It | ||||
| B-side | "Colorado Kool-Aid" | |||
| Released | October 1977[1] | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:35 | |||
| Label | Epic 50469 | |||
| Writer(s) | David Allen Coe | |||
| Producer | Billy Sherrill | |||
| Johnny Paycheck singles chronology | ||||
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For the film, see Take This Job and Shove It (film).
"Take This Job and Shove It" is a song by David Allan Coe from his 1978 album, Family Album about the bitterness of a man who worked long and hard with no apparent reward. The song was famously covered by Johnny Paycheck. The Johnny Paycheck version hit number one on the country charts for two weeks [2].The song was also covered in a more upbeat style by the Dead Kennedys on their album Bedtime for Democracy and has also been covered by Irish Country singer Declan Nerney. Rapper Canibus also covered this song for the movie Office Space.
[edit] References
- ^ Johnny Paycheck singles at LP discographies.com link
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 264.
| Preceded by "Here You Come Again" by Dolly Parton |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number one single January 7-January 14, 1978 |
Succeeded by "What a Difference You've Made in My Life" by Ronnie Milsap |
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