| One for the Money | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | T. G. Sheppard |
| Album: | One for the Money |
| B-Side: | Come to Me |
| Released: | September 5, 1987 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 4:17 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Rick Hall |
| Prev Title: | You're My First Lady |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | Don't Say It with Diamonds |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
"One for the Money" is a song written by Buck Moore and Mentor Williams, and recorded by American country music artist T. G. Sheppard. It was released in September 1987 as the first single and title track from the album One for the Money. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] It was Sheppard's last Top 10 hit.
The song is a story about a woman who is torn between her husband and a man with whom she has been having an affair while her husband travels for business.
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 313.