Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass Explained

Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass
Type:single
Artist:Buck Owens
B-Side:There's Gonna Be Some Changes Made
Released:January 13, 1969
Genre:Country rock
Length:2:25
Label:Capitol
Producer:Ken Nelson
Prev Title:Things I Saw Happening at the Fountain
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:Johnny B. Goode
Next Year:1969

"Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" is a 1969 single written and recorded by Buck Owens. "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" was a number one song on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country charts.[1]

Content

The song features an example of fuzztone in country music (found on the album version, but mostly missing on the single version). Its lyrics are about a man who "hopes to regain favor with a fickle sweetheart by reminding her about all the menial chores he willingly performs."[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1969)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 1006
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 258.
  2. Book: Wrong's What I Do Best : Hard Country Music and Contemporary Culture: Hard Country Music and Contemporary Culture. Memphis, B.C.A.P.E.U.. 2001. Oxford University Press, USA. 9780195355291. 98. 2015-08-24.