Same Ole Me

{{Infobox song | name = Same Ole Me | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = George Jones with The Oak Ridge Boys | album = Still the Same Ole Me | B-side = Together Alone | released = January 1982 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 2:51 | label = Epic | writer = Paul Overstreet | producer = Billy Sherrill | chronology = George Jones | prev_title = Still Doin' Time | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me) | next_year = 1983 }} "'''Same Ole Me'''" is a song written by Paul Overstreet, and recorded by American country music artist George Jones with The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in January 1982 as the second single and partial title track from Jones' album ''Still the Same Ole Me''. The song reached number 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=george-jones-p1669/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} George Jones Billboard Singles]</ref> and number 1 on the ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.<ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4156&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=ao48v2gu3ce6hmcojs96hc03i7 RPM Country Tracks]</ref>

The song, an anthem of survival that celebrates the companionship of true love, was released when Jones was at his hell-raising worst. In the same month of the single's release, he caused a minor riot when he failed to show for a performance in Jackson, Tennessee, resulting in the police being called when enraged fans stormed the box office to demand their money back.<ref name=allen>{{cite book |last=Allen |first= Bob |year=1996 |title=George Jones: The Life and Times of a Honky Tonk Legend |publisher=St Martin's Press |isbn=978-0312956981 |page=326}}</ref> He was also accused of throwing a bottle through the sliding glass doors of his room at the Holiday Inn Rivermont in Memphis.<ref name=allen/> Jones later commented in 1995, "I could not help but be astonished about the reverse parallel of my career and life. The more anguish I underwent in my personal life, the more my career flourished."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1= George |last2= Carter |first2= Tom |year=1996 |title=I Lived to Tell it All |publisher=Villard |isbn=978-0679438694 |page=287}}</ref>

==Charts==

===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1982) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|5|artist=George Jones}} |- |align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks |align="center"|1 |}

===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable" !Chart (1982) !Position |- |US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1982/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1982|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 23, 2021}}</ref> |align="center"|22 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:1981 songs Category:1982 singles Category:George Jones songs Category:The Oak Ridge Boys songs Category:Songs written by Paul Overstreet Category:Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill Category:Epic Records singles