I Ain't Living Long Like This

"I Ain't Living Long Like This"
"I Ain't Living Long Like This"
Single by Waylon Jennings
from the album What Goes Around Comes Around
B-side	"It's the World Gone Crazy (Cotillion)"
Released	December 1979
Genre	Country rock, outlaw country, rock and roll, disco
Length	4:44
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Rodney Crowell
Producer(s)	Richie Albright
Waylon Jennings singles chronology

"I Ain't Living Long Like This" is a song written by Rodney Crowell that was first recorded by Gary Stewart on his 1977 album Your Place or Mine (with Rodney Crowell and Nicolette Larson on backing vocals). Emmylou Harris then recorded the song for her 1978 album, Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town. Crowell released his version as well in 1978 on his debut album Ain't Living Long Like This.

Waylon Jennings version[]

In 1979, Waylon Jennings recorded the song for his album What Goes Around Comes Around. His version was his eleventh number one on the country chart.^[2] It is included on the Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack and played on the in-game radio station Rebel Radio hosted by Jesco White.^[3]

Chart (1979–80)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Chart (1980)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	19

^ Kerns, William (August 25, 2012). "Waylon Jennings' music, career decisions carry long-lasting impact, inspiration". Retrieved August 2, 2019.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 175.
^ "Rockstar reveals definitive GTA 5 radio station song list: From Rick James to FIDLAR". Metro (DMG Media). 3 October 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Best of 1980: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1980.
^ "The Music". Webb Wilder. Retrieved 2016-10-15.

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Studio albums	Ain't Living Long Like This But What Will the Neighbors Think Rodney Crowell Street Language Diamonds & Dirt Keys to the Highway Life Is Messy Let the Picture Paint Itself Jewel of the South The Houston Kid Fate's Right Hand The Outsider Sex & Gasoline Old Yellow Moon Tarpaper Sky The Traveling Kind Close Ties
Compilation albums	The Rodney Crowell Collection Greatest Hits
Singles	"Elvira" "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" "Ashes by Now" "Ain't No Money" "It's Such a Small World" "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" "She's Crazy for Leavin'" "After All This Time" "Above and Beyond" "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" "If Looks Could Kill" "My Past Is Present" "Now That We're Alone" "Lovin' All Night" "What Kind of Love" "Please Remember Me" "I Walk the Line Revisited"
Other songs	"The Answer Is Yes" "Heartbroke" "I Ain't Living Long Like This" "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" "Making Memories of Us" "Queen of Hearts" "Song for the Life" "Voilá, An American Dream"
Related articles	Discography The Notorious Cherry Bombs The Notorious Cherry Bombs