I'm Not Ready Yet

"I'm Not Ready Yet"
"I'm Not Ready Yet"
Single by George Jones
from the album I Am What I Am
B-side	"Garage Sale Today"
Released	August 1980
Genre	Country
Length	3:00
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Tom T. Hall
Producer(s)	Billy Sherrill
George Jones singles chronology

"I'm Not Ready Yet" is a song written by Tom T. Hall. It was originally released by The Blue Boys in 1968, whose version peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The song was covered by American country music artist Tammy Wynette on her 1979 album, Just Tammy. It was most successfully covered by American country music artist George Jones on his 1980 album I Am What I Am. It was released in August 1980 as album's second single following the monster smash "He Stopped Loving Her Today." Jones' version peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[1] As Rich Kienzle observes in the liner notes to the 1994 Sony compilation The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country, the Hall composition "seemed to also reflect on George's mortality though Hall's lyrics weren't originally conceived that way."

Chart performance[]

The Blue Boys[]

Chart (1968)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	58

George Jones[]

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	4

References[]

^ "George Jones singles". Allmusic. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
^ "The Blues Boys Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "George Jones Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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[1] "George Jones singles". Allmusic. Retrieved November 25, 2011.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_The_Blues_Boys-2] "The Blues Boys Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_George_Jones-3] "George Jones Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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Guest singles	"A Few Ole Country Boys" (w/ Randy Travis) "A Good Year for the Roses" (w/ Alan Jackson) "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" (w/ Patty Loveless) "A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K version)" (w/ Chad Brock and Hank Williams, Jr.)
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