I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today

"I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today"
Single by Connie Smith
from the album I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby On My Mind
B-side"Back in the Country"
ReleasedFebruary 1975 (1975-02)
RecordedSeptember 1974 (1974-09)
StudioColumbia Recording Studio
Genre
Length2:39
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Sanger D. Shafer
Producer(s)Ray Baker
Connie Smith singles chronology
"I've Got My Baby on My Mind"
(1974) 		"I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today"
(1975) 		"Why Don't You Love Me"
(1975)

"I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today" is a song written by Sanger D. Shafer that was originally recorded by American country music singer Connie Smith. It was released as a single via Columbia Records and became a top 30 hit single on the American country chart in 1975. It was also released on Smith's 1975 album I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby On My Mind.

Background, content and chart performance

After nearly a decade recording for RCA Victor, Connie Smith left and switched to Columbia Records in 1973.[2] Under the production of Ray Baker, she recorded several singles in the mid 1970s, including "I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today". The song was composed by Sanger D. Shafer. The song was recorded in 1974 at the Columbia Studio, located in Nashville, Tennessee. With Baker serving as producer, Smith cut an additional nine tracks, which would later appear on her 1975 album.[3]

"I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today" was issued as a single on Columbia Records in February 1975. It was backed on the flip side by "Back to the Country," written by Eddy Raven.[3] The song spent ten weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and peaked at number 30 in April 1975.[4] It was Smith's fourth solo single to reach a peak position in country top 40.[5] The song also peaked at number 45 on the RPM Country Singles chart in Canada.[6] It was later issued on Smith's 1975 studio album on Columbia titled I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/I've Got My Baby on My Mind.

Track listing

7" vinyl single[3]

  • "I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today" – 2:39
  • "Back to the Country" – 2:15

Charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Canada Country Songs (RPM)[6] 45
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 30

References

  1. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Connie Smith Sings Her Hits: Connie Smith: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ^ Bush, John. "Connie Smith: Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Smith, Connie (February 1974). ""Dallas"/"That's the Way Love Goes" (7" vinyl single sleeve insert)". Columbia Records. 4-46008.
  4. ^ ""I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today" chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 387–388. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  6. ^ a b "Search results for "Connie Smith"". RPM. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  7. ^ "Connie Smith Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2021.