"Walk A Mile In My Shoes" | ||||
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Single by Joe South | ||||
from the album Don't It Make You Want To Go Home | ||||
B-side | "Shelter" | |||
Released | January 1970 | |||
Recorded | 1969, Atlanta, GA | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 3:42 | |||
Label | Capitol 2704 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Joe South | |||
Producer(s) | Joe South | |||
Joe South singles chronology | ||||
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"Walk a Mile in My Shoes" is a song written by Joe South, who had a hit with it in 1970. South was also producer and arranger of the track and of its B-side, "Shelter." The single was credited to "Joe South and the Believers"; the Believers included his brother Tommy South and his sister-in-law Barbara South.
The song's highest position on the Billboard Hot 100 was #12, which was also its highest position in the Cashbox chart. It also reached highs of #56 country and #3 Adult Contemporary in Billboard, and it made #10 in the RPM chart in Canada. It was South's second and final record to reach the top 20 of the Billboard chart. It also reached the Top 20 in Australia.