Out in the Country

"Out in the Country" is a song written by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols and
"Out in the Country"
performed by Three Dog Night. The song was produced by Richard Podolor,[1] and
was featured on their 1970 album, It Ain't Easy.[2] In the US, "Out in the Country"
peaked at number 11 on the US adult contemporary chart, and number 15 on the
Billboard chart in 1970.[3] Outside the US, "Out in the Country" reached number 9
in Canada,[4]

Contents
1 Chart performance
1.1 Weekly charts
1.2 Year-end charts
Single by Three Dog Night
2 Other versions
from the album It Ain't Easy
3 References
B-side "Good Time Living"
Released August 1970

Chart performance Recorded 1969

Genre Rock
Length 3:08
Label Dunhill
Songwriter(s) Paul Williams Roger
Nichols
Producer(s) Richard Podolor
Three Dog Night singles
chronology
"Mama "Out in the "One Man
Told Me Country" Band"
(Not to (1970) (1970)
Come)"
(1970)

Weekly charts Year-end charts

Chart (1970) Rank

US (Joel Whitburn's Pop
126
Annual)[9]

US Cash Box Top 100[10] 86

 Peak
Chart (1970)
position

Australia KMR[5] 85

Canada RPM[6] 9

US Billboard Hot 100[7] 15

US Billboard Adult
11
Contemporary
US Cash Box Top
9
100[8]

Other versions
Williams released a version of the song on his 1972 album,Life Goes On.
R.E.M. released a version of the song in 2003 and is featured on the album,Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988
2011.

References
1. Three Dog Night, "Out in the Country" single release(http://www.discogs.com/Three-Dog-Night-Out-In-The-Country/r
elease/2623714) Retrieved January 31, 2015
2. Three Dog Night, It Ain't Easy (http://www.discogs.com/Three-Dog-Night-It-Aint-Easy/release/1007136)Retrieved
January 31, 2015
3. Three Dog Night, "Out in the Country" U.S. Chart Positions(http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Out+in+the+Cou
ntry+by+Three+Dog+Night&id=45997)Retrieved January 31, 2015
4. Three Dog Night, "Out in the Country" Canada Chart Position(http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.0
1-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3708&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3) Retrieved
January 31, 2015
5. David Kent's Australian Chart Book 19701992(http://www.austchartbook.com.au/)
6. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and ArchivesCanada" (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-rec
ordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3712&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww .collectionscanada.gc.ca%2f
obj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3712.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3712). Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
7. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990- ISBN 0-89820-089-X
8. CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, October 24, 1970 (http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19701024.html)
9. Whitburn, Joel (1999).Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc.ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
10. The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1970; December 26, 1970 (http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1970YESP
.h
tml)

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