"I Am a Simple Man" is a song written by Walt Aldridge, and recorded by American country music artist Ricky Van Shelton. It was released in April 1991 as the first single from his album ''

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''. The song was Ricky Van Shelton's 9th number 1 hit on the ''

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Content

The narrator's spouse/girlfriend confronts him after a long, tiring day at work, wanting to start an argument by telling him he's hard to understand. The narrator doesn't want a fight, and responds by telling her he's not hard to understand at all – so long as he has "a job and a piece of land/three squares hree mealsin my frying pan" he's very easy to please.

Chart performance

"I Am a Simple Man" reached number 1 on the ''

chart and on The Canadian ''

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'' Country Tracks chart.

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:I Am A Simple Man 1991 singles Ricky Van Shelton songs Music videos directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions Songs written by Walt Aldridge Song recordings produced by Steve Buckingham (record producer) Columbia Records singles 1990 songs