# The Chokin' Kind

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{{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](/source/Waylon_Jennings)
| album      = [Hangin' On](/source/Hangin'_On_(album))
| B-side     = Love of the Common People
| released   = 1967
| recorded   = 
| studio     =
| genre      = [Country](/source/Country_music)
| length     = {{Duration|m=2|s=27}} 
| label      = [RCA Victor](/source/RCA_Records)
| writer     = [Harlan Howard](/source/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](/source/Harlan_Howard). [Country music](/source/Country_music) artist [Waylon Jennings](/source/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](/source/Hot_Country_Songs) 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](/source/Hangin'_On_(album))''. R&B artist [Joe Simon](/source/Joe_Simon_(singer)) 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](/source/Joe_Simon_(singer))
| album      = [The Chokin' Kind](/source/The_Chokin'_Kind_(album))
| B-side     = Come On and Get It
| released   = 1969
| recorded   = 
| studio     =
| genre      = [R&B](/source/R%26B)
| length     = {{Duration|m=2|s=39}} 
| label      = [Sound Stage 7](/source/Sound_Stage_7)
| writer     = [Harlan Howard](/source/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](/source/Joe_Simon_(singer)) 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](/source/12th_Annual_Grammy_Awards) for [Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Male_R%26B_Vocal_Performance) for this song.

====Charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1969)
!Peak<br>position
|-
|U.S. [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100)
|align="center"|13
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs)
|align="center"|1
|-
|Can. ''RPM 100'' [RPM Magazine](/source/RPM_(magazine))
|align="center"|17
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Waylon Jennings}}
{{Joe Simon}}
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Category:1969 singles
Category:Songs written by Harlan Howard
Category:1967 songs
Category:Waylon Jennings songs
Category:Johnny Darrell songs

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