National Working Woman's Holiday Explained

National Working Woman's Holiday
Cover:Sammy Kershaw - Working Woman.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Sammy Kershaw
Album:Feelin' Good Train
B-Side:The Heart That Time Forgot
Released:June 28, 1994
Recorded:1994
Genre:Country
Length:3:08
Label:Mercury Nashville
Producer:Buddy Cannon, Norro Wilson
Prev Title:I Can't Reach Her Anymore
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:Third Rate Romance
Next Year:1994

"National Working Woman's Holiday" is a song written by Roger Murrah, Pat Terry and James Dean Hicks, and recorded by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was released in June 1994 as the lead-off single from his album Feelin' Good Train. It peaked at number 2 in the United States,[1] and number 3 in Canada.

Content

The song's narrator thinks that his wife is working too hard, and so he says that she should take the day off for the "national working woman's holiday".

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Merriman. It has been seen on CMT, The Nashville Network, and CMT Pure Country.

Chart positions

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 37
US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 33

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006 . 2nd . Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 189.
  2. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994. RPM. December 12, 1994. August 4, 2013.
  3. Web site: Best of 1994: Country Songs . . . 1994. August 4, 2013.