Better Class of Losers

{{Infobox song | name = Better Class of Losers | cover = Randy Travis - Better Class of losers.JPG | alt = | type = single | artist = Randy Travis | album = High Lonesome | B-side = I'm Gonna Have a Little Talk | released = December 9, 1991 | recorded = 1991 | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 2:41 | label = Warner Bros. Nashville 19069 | writer = Randy Travis, Alan Jackson | producer = Kyle Lehning | prev_title = Forever Together | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = I'd Surrender All | next_year = 1992 }} "'''Better Class of Losers'''" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis. It was released in December 1991 as the third single from his album ''High Lonesome''. It peaked at number 2 in both the United States and Canada. Travis co-wrote this song with Alan Jackson. Travis' performance earned him the Grammy nomination for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, his fifth nomination in that category.

==Content== The song is narrated from the point of view of a husband, who married a woman from "high society." Over the course of their relationship, he has grown to dislike both her friends and the high-class lifestyle she leads and has announced his intent to end the relationship. Instead, he intends to associate with people who live a much simpler lifestyle, such as those who "buy their coffee beans already ground" and who don't "pay their bills on home computers.”

==Music video== The music video was directed by Jim Shea, and features Travis walking through various sets that convey the song's description, such as a high-rise penthouse set to a farm style set.

==Musicians== As listed in liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=High Lonesome |others=Randy Travis |year=1991 |type=CD |publisher=Warner Bros. Records |id=26661}}</ref> *Eddie Bayers - drums *Russ Barenberg - acoustic guitar *Dennis Burnside - piano *Jerry Douglas - dobro *Doyle Grisham - steel guitar *David Hungate - bass guitar *Mac McAnally - acoustic guitar *Brent Mason - 6 string bass, electric guitar *Mark O'Connor - fiddle *John Wesley Ryles - background vocals *Randy Travis - lead vocals *Dennis Wilson - background vocals *Curtis Young - background vocals

==Use in media== This song was performed by Travis in the 2007 movie ''National Treasure: Book of Secrets'', where he guest starred performing for the President of the United States at Mount Vernon.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}

It was also performed, in part, by Travis on a 1993 episode (The Mark) of "Matlock". Travis plays character Billy Wheeler, a country singer hired by Matlock (Andy Griffith) to paint his house, and later accused of killing a con artist.

==Chart performance== {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1991–1992) !align="center"|Peak<BR>position |- {{singlechart|Canadacountry|2|chartid=2064|publishdate=February 29, 1992|accessdate=August 15, 2013}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|2|artist=Randy Travis}} |}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1992) !scope="col"|Position |- | Canada Country Tracks (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.1861&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992|work=RPM|date=December 19, 1992|accessdate=August 15, 2013}}</ref> | align="center" | 27 |- | US Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1992/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1992: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1992| accessdate=August 15, 2013}}</ref> | align="center" | 13 |}

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