Kids Say the Darndest Things (song)

"Kids Say the Darndest Things"
"Kids Say the Darndest Things"
Single by Tammy Wynette
from the album Kids Say the Darndest Things
B-side	"I Wish I Had a Mommy Like You"
Released	March 1973
Genre	Country
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Billy Sherrill; Glenn Sutton
Producer(s)	Billy Sherrill
Tammy Wynette singles chronology

"Kids Say the Darndest Things" is a song written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton, and recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette.

Song Background[]

In the song, the narrator reveals her marital problems, by way of innocent comments her small children repeat, which they'd overheard their parents make ("My four-year old said 'I want a divorce', now where did she hear that").

Chart Performance[]

It was released in March 1973 as the first single and title track from the album Kids Say the Darndest Things. It was Wynette's thirteenth number one on the U.S. country singles chart, staying at number one for a single week and spending a total of thirteen weeks on the chart.^[1]

Chart (1973)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[2]	72
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2

References[]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 400.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 929.

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 400.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 929.

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v t Tammy Wynette singles
Albums discography Singles discography
1960s	"Apartment No. 9" "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" "My Elusive Dreams" (with David Houston "I Don't Wanna Play House" "Take Me to Your World" "It's All Over" (with David Houston) "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" "Stand by Your Man" "Singing My Song" "The Ways to Love a Man" "I'll See Him Through"
1970s	"He Loves Me All the Way" "Run, Woman, Run" "The Wonders You Perform" "We Sure Can Love Each Other" "Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)" "Bedtime Story" "Take Me" (with George Jones) "Reach Out Your Hand (And Touch Somebody)" "My Man (Understands)" "'Til I Get It Right" "The Ceremony" (with George Jones) "Kids Say the Darndest Things" "Another Lonely Song" "We're Gonna Hold On" (with George Jones) "(We're Not) The Jet Set" (with George Jones) "We Loved It Away" (with George Jones) "Woman to Woman" "(You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother" "I Still Believe in Fairy Tales" "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" "Golden Ring" (with George Jones) "You and Me" "Near You" (with George Jones) "(Let's Get Together) One Last Time" "One of a Kind" "Southern California" (with George Jones) "Womanhood" "They Call It Makin' Love" "No One Else in the World"
1980s	"He Was There (When I Needed You)" "Starting Over" "Two Story House" (with George Jones) "A Pair of Old Sneakers" (with George Jones) "Crying in the Rain" "Another Chance" "You Still Get to Me in My Dreams" "A Good Night's Love" "Sometimes When We Touch" (with Mark Gray) "Your Love" "Talkin' to Myself Again"
1990s	"Justified and Ancient (Stand by the JAMS)" (The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette) "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton) "Every Breath You Take" (with Sting)