Tryin' to Beat the Morning Home

"Tryin' to Beat the Morning Home"
Single by T. G. Sheppard
from the album T. G. Sheppard
B-side	"I'll Be Satisfied"
Released	February 1975
Genre	Country
Length	2:44
Label	Melodyland
Writer(s)	T. G. Sheppard Elroy Kahanek Red Williams
Producer(s)	Jack Gilmer, T. G. Sheppard, Ray Ruff
T. G. Sheppard singles chronology
"Devil in the Bottle" (1974) "Tryin' to Beat the Morning Home" (1975) "Another Woman" (1975)

"Tryin' to Beat the Morning Home" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist T.G. Sheppard. It was released in February 1975 as the second single from the album T. G. Sheppard. "Trying to Beat the Morning Home" was T.G. Sheppard's second hit on the country chart as well as his second number one. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.^[1] It was written by Sheppard, Elroy Kahanek and Red Williams.

Chart performance

Chart (1975)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2]	1
US Billboard Hot 100[3]	95
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 312.
2. "T.G. Sheppard – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for T.G. Sheppard.
3. "T.G. Sheppard – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for T.G. Sheppard.