Ain't That Just the Way

"Ain't That Just the Way"
Single by Barbi Benton
A-side	"The Reverend Bob"
Released	1975 (1975)
Length	2:55
Label	Playboy
Songwriter(s)	Bruce Belland Glen Larson Stu Phillips
Producer(s)	Stu Phillips
Barbi Benton singles chronology
"Roll You Like a Wheel" (1975) "Ain't That Just the Way" (1975) "Staying Power" (1976)

"Ain't That Just the Way" is a song written by Bruce Belland, Glen Larson and Stu Phillips. American model, actress and singer Barbi Benton originally recorded it for release as the B-side of her 1975 single "The Reverend Bob". It became a major hit in Scandinavia, especially in Sweden, topping the Swedish singles chart for 10 weeks in 1977. It also topped the charts in Finland. In 1978, it appeared on her album with the same name, released only in Scandinavia. The song was performed in the McCloud TV series.^[1] In 1996, Lutricia McNeal's cover of "Ain't That Just the Way" became a hit in Europe and New Zealand.