B-side "Backroads" Format CD single, 7" single Genre Country | Released April 8, 1991 Recorded December 20, 1990 Length 3:26 | |
"I Am a Simple Man" is a song written by Walt Aldridge, and recorded by American country music artist Ricky Van Shelton. It was released in April 1991 as the first single from his album Backroads. The song was Ricky Van Shelton's 8th number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart.
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Content
The narrator's spouse/girlfriend confronts him after a long, tiring day at work, wanting to start an argument by telling him he's hard to understand.
The narrator doesn't want a fight, and responds by telling her he's not hard to understand at all – so long as he has "a job and a piece of land/three squares [three meals] in my frying pan" he's very easy to please.
Chart performance
"I Am a Simple Man" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and on The Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.