Runnin' Behind

{{Infobox song | name = Runnin' Behind | cover = Tracy Lawrence - Runnin' Behind.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Tracy Lawrence | album = Sticks and Stones | released = June 8, 1992 | recorded = 1991 | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 2:55 | label = Atlantic | writer = Mark D. Sanders<br>Ed Hill | producer = James Stroud | prev_title = Today's Lonely Fool | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = Somebody Paints the Wall | next_year = 1992 }} "'''Runnin' Behind'''" is a song written by Mark D. Sanders and Ed Hill, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released in June 1992 as the third single from his debut album, ''Sticks and Stones''. It peaked at number 4 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 6 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> This song was also featured on ''Tracy Lawrence Live and Unplugged'' and ''The Very Best of Tracy Lawrence''.

==Critical reception== Deborah Evans Price, of ''Billboard'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Lawrence delivers the "swing ditty and its working class storyline with snap."<ref>''Billboard'', June 13, 1992</ref>

==Music video== The music video features Tracy and his band playing on stage at a Siesta Key.. It switches from evening to night.

==Chart performance== "Runnin' Behind" debuted at number 63 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of June 20, 1992. {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1992) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Canadacountry|6|chartid=1937|publishdate=September 26, 1992|accessdate=August 15, 2013}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|4|artist=Tracy Lawrence}} |}

===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" | 86 |- | US Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1992/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1992: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1992| accessdate=August 15, 2013}}</ref> | align="center" | 37 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:1992 singles Category:1991 songs Category:Tracy Lawrence songs Category:Songs written by Mark D. Sanders Category:Song recordings produced by James Stroud Category:Atlantic Records singles Category:Songs written by Ed Hill