(We're Not) The Jet Set

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"(We're Not) The Jet Set"
Single by George Jones & Tammy Wynette
from the album We're Gonna Hold On
B-side"Crawdad Song"
Released1974 (1974)
GenreCountry
Length2:26
LabelEpic
Songwriter(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[edit]

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[edit]

Chart (1974) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[1] 15
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 16

References[edit]

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