"Greener Than the Grass (We Laid On)" is a song written by David Allan Coe, and recorded by American country music artist,

Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature int ...

. It was released in October 1975 and reached positions on the North American country songs charts. It was among Tucker's final singles released by the Columbia label.

Background and recording

At age 13, Tanya Tucker broke into the country music field with the top ten single " Delta Dawn". It was followed by a series of number one singles on the country charts including "

What's Your Mama's Name ''What's Your Mama's Name'' is the second studio album by American country music singer Tanya Tucker. It was released on May 21, 1973, by Columbia Records. The album was produced by Billy Sherrill and includes Tucker's first two number one country ...

" and " Blood Red and Goin' Down". In 1975, Tucker moved from Columbia to MCA Records, where she continued having commercial success despite being a teenager. Yet, Columbia continued issuing several more singles following her departure including "Greener Than the Grass (We Lad On)". Composed by David Allan Coe, Tucker had originally recorded the track in 1974 at the Columbia Studio, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The session was produced by Billy Sherrill.

Release, chart performance and reception

Columbia Records released "Greener Than the Grass (We Laid On)" as a single in October 1975. The track spent ten weeks on the American ''

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chart. It reached number 23 on the chart by December 1975, becoming her first single to miss the top 20. On the Canadian ''

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'' Country chart, the single peaked at number 20.

Track listing

;7" vinyl single * "Greener Than the Grass (We Laid On)" – 2:50 * "Guess I'll Have to Love Him More" – 2:27

Chart performance

References

{{Tanya Tucker singles 1975 singles 1975 songs Columbia Records singles Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill Songs written by David Allan Coe Tanya Tucker songs