| War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too) | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | T. G. Sheppard |
| Album: | Perfect Stranger |
| B-Side: | In Another Minute |
| Released: | July 1982 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:25 |
| Label: | Warner Bros./Curb |
| Producer: | Buddy Killen |
| Prev Title: | Finally |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | Faking Love |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
"War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too)" is a song written by Curly Putman, Bucky Jones and Dan Wilson, and recorded by American country music artist T. G. Sheppard. It was released in July 1982 as the first single from the album Perfect Stranger. The song was Sheppard's 11th No. 1 song on the Hot Country Singles chart in the fall of 1982. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.[1]
The story about a teenaged boy's sexual initiation by a married woman whose husband was stationed on the front lines in World War II. The song is sung in the first person, from the perspective of the teenage boy.
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 313.