Don't Laugh Now Explained

Don't Laugh Now
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Ray Stevens
Cover:	Don't Laugh Now.jpg
Released:	April 1982
Genre:	Country, Novelty
Label:	RCA Records
Producer:	Ray Stevens
Prev Title:	One More Last Chance
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Greatest Hits
Next Year:	1983

Don't Laugh Now was Ray Stevens' nineteenth studio album and his third and final for RCA Records, released in 1982. The front of the album cover shows Stevens looking pensive and holding a comedy mask, while the back cover shows Stevens smiling and holding a tragedy mask. Two singles were lifted from the album: "Written Down in My Heart" and "Where the Sun Don't Shine," both of which became minor country hits.

Personnel

• Produced by Bob Montgomery and Ray Stevens
• Tracks 1, 3-7 & 9 arranged by Ray Stevens
• Tracks 2, 8 & 10 arranged by Ron Oates
• Engineer – Stuart Keathley
• Recorded at Ray Stevens Studio (Nashville, Tennessee).
• Mastered at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).
• Photography – Graham Henman
• Art Direction – Barnes & Company

Musicians

• Ray Stevens – vocals
• Ron Oates – keyboards
• Ken Bell – acoustic guitars
• Larry Byrom – electric guitars
• John Clausi – electric guitars
• Kenny Mims – electric guitars
• Michael Spriggs – electric guitars
• Reggie Young – electric guitars
• Hal Rugg – steel guitar
• Bob Wray – bass
• James Stroud – drums
• Nashville String Machine – strings
• The Cherry Sisters – backing vocals

Chart performance

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country
1982	"Written Down in My Heart"	35
1982	"Where the Sun Don't Shine"	63