Coward of the County

"Coward of the County"
Single by Kenny Rogers
from the album Kenny
B-side	"I Want to Make You Smile"
Released	November 12, 1979
Genre	Country
Length	4:20
Label	United Artists
Songwriter(s)	Roger Bowling, Billy Edd Wheeler
Producer(s)	Larry Butler
Kenny Rogers singles chronology
"You Decorated My Life" (1979) "Coward of the County" (1979) "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (1980)

"Coward of the County" is a song written by Roger Bowling and Billy Edd Wheeler and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Rogers. The song was released in November 1979 as the second single from Rogers' multi-platinum album Kenny. It became a major crossover hit, topping the Billboard Country chart and reaching number three on the Hot 100 chart; it also topped the Cash Box singles chart and was a Top 10 hit in numerous other countries worldwide, topping the chart in Canada, the UK and Ireland, where it remained at number one for six consecutive weeks.^[1]