"Running Kind" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and

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. It was released in January 1978 as the second and final single from the album, '' A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today''. The song peaked at number 12 on the U.S. country singles chart and at number 10 on the Canadian country singles chart. The song was later covered by Radney Foster for the Haggard tribute album '' Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard''. Foster's version was released as a single in 1994 and peaked at number 64 on the U.S. country singles chart.

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also covered the song with Tom Petty on the Unearthed box set.

Personnel

* Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar

: * Roy Nichols – lead guitar * Norman Hamlet – steel guitar, dobro * Tiny Moore – mandolin * Ronnie Reno – guitar * Mark Yeary – piano * James Tittle – bass *Biff Adam – drums *Don Markham – saxophone

Chart performance

Merle Haggard

Radney Foster

References

1977 songs 1978 singles 1994 singles Merle Haggard songs Radney Foster songs Songs written by Merle Haggard Song recordings produced by Ken Nelson (American record producer) Arista Records singles Capitol Records singles {{1970s-country-song-stub