"I'm a Truck" is a song recorded by American country music singer Red Simpson. It was released in November 1971 as the first single and title track from the album I'm a Truck. The song — sometimes known as "Hello, I'm a Truck" — became Simpson's biggest hit single, reaching No. 4 on the BillboardHot Country Singles chart in January 1972, and spending 17 weeks on this chart.[2]
Producer Gene Breeden had been looking for artists for his label, Portland Limited, when he received a song called "I'm a Truck" from songwriter Robert Stanton. Breeden and Simpson met in Vancouver, Washington, in 1971, where Simpson agreed to record the song. That fall, it was picked up for national distribution by Capitol Records.[3]
A truck's story never toldedit
Although the song is about truck driving, "I'm a Truck" is specifically about life on the road through the eyes of a truck. Instead of giving praise to the hard work of the truck driver (as most truck-driving songs had), the truck — whose story is told in first-person narrative — takes a cynical look at the profession. For instance, he (the truck) paints the man who drives him as an arrogant braggart, citing as an example the truck driver's story to others of how he topped a long, steep hill with ease but, as the truck points out, conveniently forgets other situations such as missing a gear and causing the truck's engine to stall or nearly driving off the road when he misses a curve. In the former instance, a "Volkswagen bus full of hippies passed us like I was sitting up on jacks"; in the latter case, if it hadn't been for the truck's efforts to stay on the road, "we'd have both wound up in the ditch."
After bemoaning his thankless situation of never getting credit for the truck driver's job well done, he continues to muse about his life: The trucker flirts with waitresses but never tips them; he winds up parked next to a smelly cattle truck (instead of a pink Mack with "pretty mudflaps" and chromed stacks); the trucker beats on the tires with an iron (the truck wishes aloud he'd have "a flat on the inside dual" to teach the driver a lesson); and the trucker will probably "take out that tape cartridge of Buck Owens and play him again" (instead of the artist that the truck apparently really enjoys, Merle Haggard).
truck, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october, 2016, learn. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources I m a Truck news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message I m a Truck is a song recorded by American country music singer Red Simpson It was released in November 1971 as the first single and title track from the album I m a Truck The song sometimes known as Hello I m a Truck became Simpson s biggest hit single reaching No 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in January 1972 and spending 17 weeks on this chart 2 I m a Truck Single by Red Simpsonfrom the album I m a TruckReleasedNovember 1971Recorded1971GenreCountry truck driving countryLength3 12LabelCapitolSongwriter s Robert StantonProducer s Gene Breeden 1 Red Simpson singles chronology He Reminds Me a Whole Lot of Me 1971 I m a Truck 1971 Country Western Truck Drivin Singer 1973 Contents 1 About the song 1 1 A truck s story never told 2 Charts 2 1 Weekly charts 2 2 Year end charts 3 ReferencesAbout the song editProducer Gene Breeden had been looking for artists for his label Portland Limited when he received a song called I m a Truck from songwriter Robert Stanton Breeden and Simpson met in Vancouver Washington in 1971 where Simpson agreed to record the song That fall it was picked up for national distribution by Capitol Records 3 A truck s story never told edit Although the song is about truck driving I m a Truck is specifically about life on the road through the eyes of a truck Instead of giving praise to the hard work of the truck driver as most truck driving songs had the truck whose story is told in first person narrative takes a cynical look at the profession For instance he the truck paints the man who drives him as an arrogant braggart citing as an example the truck driver s story to others of how he topped a long steep hill with ease but as the truck points out conveniently forgets other situations such as missing a gear and causing the truck s engine to stall or nearly driving off the road when he misses a curve In the former instance a Volkswagen bus full of hippies passed us like I was sitting up on jacks in the latter case if it hadn t been for the truck s efforts to stay on the road we d have both wound up in the ditch After bemoaning his thankless situation of never getting credit for the truck driver s job well done he continues to muse about his life The trucker flirts with waitresses but never tips them he winds up parked next to a smelly cattle truck instead of a pink Mack with pretty mudflaps and chromed stacks the trucker beats on the tires with an iron the truck wishes aloud he d have a flat on the inside dual to teach the driver a lesson and the trucker will probably take out that tape cartridge of Buck Owens and play him again instead of the artist that the truck apparently really enjoys Merle Haggard Charts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1972 Peakposition US Hot Country Songs Billboard 4 4 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 4 Year end charts edit Chart 1972 Position US Hot Country Songs Billboard 5 31References edit Red Simpson I m A Truck Vinyl LP at Discogs Discogs com April 8 2016 Retrieved October 3 2016 Whitburn Joel 2004 The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits 1944 2006 Second edition Record Research p 314 Summit Solutions Ltd Truck Driving Lyrics Hello I m A Truck Bob Stanton Red Simpson Virtualtruckroute com Retrieved October 3 2016 Red Simpson Chart History Hot Country Songs Billboard Retrieved July 29 2021 Hot Country Songs Year End 1972 Billboard Retrieved July 29 2021 nbsp This 1970s single related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title I 27m a Truck amp oldid 1162602685, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
