Walk a Mile in My Shoes

"Walk A Mile In My Shoes"
Single by Joe South
from the album Don't It Make You Want To Go Home
B-side"Shelter"
ReleasedJanuary 1970
Recorded1969, Atlanta, GA
GenreRock
Length3:42
LabelCapitol 2704
Songwriter(s)Joe South
Producer(s)Joe South
Joe South singles chronology
"Don't It Make You Want to Go Home"
(1969)
"Walk A Mile In My Shoes"
(1970)
"Children"
(1970)

"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.