Children (Joe South song)

"Children"
Single by Joe South
from the album Don't It Make You Want to Go Home?
B-side"Clock Up on the Wall"
ReleasedMarch 1970 (1970-03)
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Joe South
Joe South singles chronology
"Walk a Mile in My Shoes"
(1969)
"Children"
(1970)
"Fool Me"
(1971)

"Children" is a song written by Joe South, originally from his 1969 album Don't It Make You Want to Go Home?. In 1970, he released it as a single.

The song became a hit in the U.S. (#48) and Canadian (#33) pop charts.[1][2] It was a bigger hit on the Adult Contemporary charts of both nations.

  1. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  2. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-04-25. Retrieved 2021-05-17.