| Who's Cheatin' Who | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Charly McClain |
| Album: | Who's Cheatin' Who |
| B-Side: | Love Scenes |
| Released: | November 1980 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:15 |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Larry Rogers |
| Prev Title: | Women Get Lonely |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | Surround Me with Love |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
"Who's Cheatin' Who" is a country music song written by Jerry Hayes and initially recorded by Charly McClain. It was the title track of her 1980 album for Epic Records, released in November 1980 as a single with "Love Scenes" on the B-side, and in early 1981, was her first Number One hit on the Billboard country charts.[1] 17 years later, Alan Jackson had chart success with the song as well, with his version reaching number two on the same chart.
| Who's Cheatin' Who | |
| Cover: | Who's Cheatin' Who promo.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Alan Jackson |
| Album: | Everything I Love |
| B-Side: | "Buicks to the Moon"[2] |
| Released: | April 7, 1997[3] |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 4:01 (album version) |
| Label: | Arista Nashville |
| Producer: | Keith Stegall |
| Prev Title: | Everything I Love |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | There Goes |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
In 1997, Alan Jackson included the song on his album Everything I Love, releasing it as a single that year. Jackson's cover features several solos after the last chorus. Jackson also switches the song's pronouns to put it in a male's perspective.[4] His version includes a series of extended electric guitar and piano solos before the final chorus.
The music video was directed by Brad Fuller and premiered in mid-1997 on CMT. It was filmed on location in Concord, North Carolina. Many of NASCAR's Ford drivers had a part in the video, like Rusty Wallace (who played the ending guitar solo), John Andretti, Jeremy Mayfield, Kenny Irwin Jr. (whose #98 Raybestos Ford F-150 NASCAR SuperTruck is driven at one point by Jackson in a "race", before Alan drives off the track and returns in the Bigfoot monster truck), Dale Jarrett, Mark Martin, Bill Elliott and Ernie Irvan.
"Who's Cheatin' Who" debuted at number 61 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 12, 1997.
| Chart (1997) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] | 53 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 20 |