| Running Kind | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Merle Haggard and The Strangers |
| Album: | A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today |
| B-Side: | Making Believe |
| Released: | January 9, 1978 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:00 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Ken Nelson, Fuzzy Owen |
| Prev Title: | From Graceland to the Promised Land |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
| The Running Kind | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Radney Foster |
| B-Side: | "Silver Wings" (Pam Tillis)[1] |
| Released: | 1994 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 4:23 |
| Label: | Arista Nashville |
| Prev Title: | Labor of Love |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Willin' to Walk |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
"Running Kind" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. 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.[2] The song was later covered by Radney Foster for the Haggard tribute album . Foster's version was released as a single in 1994 and peaked at number 64 on the U.S. country singles chart.[1] Johnny Cash also covered the song with Tom Petty on the Unearthed box set.
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 149.