"It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" is a song written by
Mark Gray,
Les Taylor and Shawna Harrington-Burkhart, and recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
artist
Janie Fricke
Jane Marie Fricke ( ; born December 19, 1947), known professionally as Janie Fricke, is an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and clothing designer. She has placed seventeen Single (music), singles in the top ten of the ...
. It was released in August 1982 as the first single from the album ''
It Ain't Easy''. The song was Fricke's second number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.
Charts
References
1982 songs
Janie Fricke songs
1982 singles
Songs written by Mark Gray (singer)
Song recordings produced by Bob Montgomery (songwriter)
Columbia Records singles
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