Still Doin' Time

1981 single by George Jones

"Still Doin' Time"

Single by George Jones

from the album Still the Same Ole Me

B-side

"Good Ones and Bad Ones"

Released

September 1981

Genre

Country

Length

2:50

Label

Epic

Songwriter(s)

Michael P. Heeney
John Moffat

Producer(s)

Billy Sherrill

George Jones singles chronology

"If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)"
(1981)

"Still Doin' Time"
(1981)

"Same Ole Me"
(1982)

"Still Doin' Time" is a song written by John Moffatt and Michael P. Heeney, and recorded by American country music artist George Jones. It was released in September 1981 as the first single from the album Still the Same Ole Me. The song was Jones' eighth number one country single as a solo artist. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the chart.^[1] Much like his previous hit single, "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)," the song seemed torn from the pages of the singer's life; drug-addled and paranoid, he often disappeared for weeks on end, missing show dates and confounding his managers. "Still Doin' Time," with its story of a man who is a prisoner of alcohol who cannot escape, rang true to critics and fans, many of whom were astonished at how effectively Jones could sing despite his condition. Professionally, he was thriving; in November 1982 CBS Records extended his recording contract, and in December, he was nominated in the Playboy readers' poll as the year's best male vocalist in the country and Western category.^[2]

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 182.
^ Allen, Bob (1996). George Jones: The Life and Times of a Honky Tonk Legend. St Martin's Press. pp. 325–326. ISBN 978-0312956981.
^ "George Jones Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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George Jones singles

1950s

1960s

"Accidentally on Purpose"
"Out of Control"
"The Window Up Above"
"Family Bible"
"Tender Years"
"Aching, Breaking Heart"
"She Thinks I Still Care"
"Open Pit Mine"
"A Girl I Used to Know"
"Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right)"
"I'll Share My World with You
"The Race Is On"
"Love Bug"
"Take Me"
"I'm a People"
"Walk Through This World with Me"
"I Can't Get There from Here"
"If My Heart Had Windows"
"Say It's Not You"
"Small Time Laboring Man"
"As Long as I Live"
"Milwaukee, Here I Come" (with Brenda Carter)
"When the Grass Grows Over Me"
"I'll Share My World with You"
"If Not for You"
"She's Mine"

1970s

"Where Grass Won't Grow"
"Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong"
"A Good Year for the Roses"
"Sometimes You Just Can't Win"
"Right Won't Touch a Hand"
"I'll Follow You (Up to Our Cloud)"
"We Can Make It"
"Loving You Could Never Be Better"
"A Picture of Me (Without You)"
"What My Woman Can't Do"
"Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)"
"Once You've Had the Best"
"The Grand Tour"
"The Door"
"These Days (I Barely Get By)"
"Memories of Us"
"The Battle"
"You Always Look Your Best (Here in My Arms)"
"Her Name Is"
"Old King Kong"
"If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You)"
"Bartender's Blues"
"I'll Just Take It Out in Love"
"Someday My Day Will Come"

1980s

"He Stopped Loving Her Today"
"I'm Not Ready Yet"
"If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)"
"Still Doin' Time"
"Same Ole Me"
"Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)"
"I Always Get Lucky with You"
"Tennessee Whiskey"
"You've Still Got a Place in My Heart"
"She's My Rock"
"Hallelujah, I Love You So" (with Brenda Lee)
"Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" (with Lacy J. Dalton)
"The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)"
"Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way"
"Wine Colored Roses"
"The Right Left Hand"
"I Turn to You"
"The Bird"
"I'm a Survivor"
"The Old Man No One Loves"
"If I Could Bottle This Up" (with Shelby Lynne)
"I'm a One Woman Man"
"The King Is Gone (So Are You)"
"Writing on the Wall"
"Radio Lover"

1990s

As a collaborative artist

"Yearning" (with Jeanette Hicks)
"Did I Ever Tell You" (with Margie Singleton)
"Waltz of the Angels" (with Margie Singleton)
"We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" (with Melba Montgomery)
"Let's Invite Them Over" (with Melba Montgomery)
"Please Be My Love" (with Melba Montgomery)
"What's in Our Heart" (with Melba Montgomery)
"Things Have Gone to Pieces" (with Gene Pitney)
"I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night" (with Gene Pitney)
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" (with Melba Montgomery)
"That's All It Took (with Gene Pitney)
"Maybellene" (with Johnny Paycheck)
"You Can Have Her" (with Johnny Paycheck)
"When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)" (with Johnny Paycheck)
"You Better Move On" (with Johnny Paycheck)
"Yesterday's Wine" (with Merle Haggard)
"C.C. Waterback" (with Merle Haggard)

As a featured artist

"We Didn't See a Thing" (Ray Charles with Chet Atkins and George Jones)
"A Few Ole Country Boys" (Randy Travis featuring George Jones)
"You Don't Seem to Miss Me" (Patty Loveless with George Jones)
"A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K version)" (Chad Brock featuring George Jones and Hank Williams, Jr.)
"Country Boy" (Aaron Lewis featuring Charlie Daniels and George Jones)

Promotional singles

"Wrong Number"

Other charted songs

"Money to Burn"
"Big Fool of the Year"
"I Saw Me"
"What's in Our Heart" (with Melba Montgomery)
"My Tears Are Overdue"
"I Just Don't Give a Damn"
"He Stopped Loving Her Today"

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