"Set 'Em Up Joe" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in April 1988 as the second single from the album Chiseled in Stone. The song was Gosdin's second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks within the Top 40.[1] Gosdin wrote the song with Dean Dillon, Buddy Cannon and Hank Cochran.
| "Set 'Em Up Joe" | ||||
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| Single by Vern Gosdin | ||||
| from the album Chiseled in Stone | ||||
| B-side | "There Ain't Nothing Wrong (Just Ain't Nothing Right)" | |||
| Released | April 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:26 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Producer(s) | Bob Montgomery | |||
| Vern Gosdin singles chronology | ||||
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Content
editThe song was a tribute to country music legend Ernest Tubb. The narrator is bereft that his partner has left him and takes to playing "Walking the Floor Over You" on the jukebox at the bar. The lyrics reference other famed country stars like Lefty Frizzell and Hank Williams Sr.
Cover versions
editThe song was covered by Jamey Johnson on his 2010 album The Guitar Song.
Charts
editReferences
edit- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 140.
- ^ "Vern Gosdin Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Top 100 Country Singles of '88" (PDF). RPM. December 24, 1988. p. 15.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
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