{{Short description|1967 single by Waylon Jennings}} {{one source|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox song | name = The Chokin' Kind | cover =The Chokin' Kind.jpg |caption=German release picture sleeve | alt = | type = single | artist = Waylon Jennings | album = Hangin' On | B-side = Love of the Common People | released = 1967 | recorded = | studio = | genre = Country | length = {{Duration|m=2|s=27}} | label = RCA Victor | writer = Harlan Howard | producer = | prev_title = Mental Revenge | prev_year = 1967 | next_title = Walk Out of My Mind | next_year = 1967 }}
"'''The Chokin' Kind'''" is a song written by Nashville songwriter Harlan Howard. Country music artist Waylon Jennings recorded the original version and released it as a single in 1967. It peaked at number 8 on the US Hot Country Singles chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=174}}</ref> Jennings featured the track on his 1967 album ''Hangin' On''. R&B artist Joe Simon covered the song in 1969, earning a Grammy Award. It became an RIAA certified Gold single on June 16, 1969.
==Covers== ===Joe Simon=== {{Infobox song | name = The Chokin' Kind | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Joe Simon | album = The Chokin' Kind | B-side = Come On and Get It | released = 1969 | recorded = | studio = | genre = R&B | length = {{Duration|m=2|s=39}} | label = Sound Stage 7 | writer = Harlan Howard | producer = J.R. Enterprises Inc | prev_title = Looking Back | prev_year = 1968 | next_title = Baby, Don't Be Looking in My Mind | next_year = 1969 }} The song was recorded by Joe Simon in 1969 and was his first number 1 on the US R&B chart, where it stayed for three weeks. "The Chokin' Kind" was also Joe Simon's first Top 20 entry on the pop singles chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=527}}</ref> Simon received the 1970 Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male for this song.
====Charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1969) !Peak<br>position |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 |align="center"|13 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles |align="center"|1 |- |Can. ''RPM 100'' RPM Magazine |align="center"|17 |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Waylon Jennings}} {{Joe Simon}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chokin' Kind}} Category:1969 singles Category:Songs written by Harlan Howard Category:1967 songs Category:Waylon Jennings songs Category:Johnny Darrell songs