It Sure Is Monday Explained

It Sure Is Monday
Cover:Mark Chesnutt - It Sure Is Monday single.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Mark Chesnutt
Album:Almost Goodbye
B-Side:"I'm Not Getting Any Better at Goodbyes"[1]
Released:[2]
Recorded:1993
Genre:Country
Length:2:56
Label:MCA
Producer:Mark Wright
Prev Title:Ol' Country
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Almost Goodbye
Next Year:1993

"It Sure Is Monday" is a song written by Dennis Linde and recorded by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It was released in May 1993 as the first single from his 1993 album Almost Goodbye. The song reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It also peaked at number 19 on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[1]

Content

The song is an uptempo, the narrator is a young man who is complaining that he has to get busy again seeing that the weekend has passed and that "it sure is Monday".

Music video

The music video was directed by John Lloyd Miller and premiered in mid-1993.

Chart performance

"It Sure Is Monday" debuted at number 65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 22, 1993.

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 39
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 8

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 92–93. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-11-09 . 2010-03-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100313191600/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/chesnutt_mark/611313/album.jhtml . dead .
  3. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993. RPM. December 18, 1993. August 5, 2013.
  4. Best of 1993: Country Songs . . . 1993. August 5, 2013.