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Set 'Em Up Joe

1988 single by Vern Gosdin

"Set 'Em Up Joe"

Single by Vern Gosdin

from the album Chiseled in Stone

B-side

"There Ain't Nothing Wrong (Just Ain't Nothing Right)"

Released

April 1988

Recorded

1987

Genre

Country

Length

2:26

Label

Columbia

Songwriter(s)

Hank Cochran
Buddy Cannon
Dean Dillon
Vern Gosdin

Producer(s)

Bob Montgomery

Vern Gosdin singles chronology

"Do You Believe Me Now"
(1987)

"Set 'Em Up Joe"
(1988)

"Chiseled in Stone"
(1988)

"Set 'Em Up Joe" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in April 1988 as the second single from the album Chiseled in Stone. The song was Gosdin's second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks within the Top 40.^[1] Gosdin wrote the song with Dean Dillon, Buddy Cannon and Hank Cochran.

Content

The song was a tribute to country music legend Ernest Tubb. The narrator is bereft that his partner has left him and takes to playing "Walking the Floor Over You" on the jukebox at the bar. The lyrics reference other famed country stars like Lefty Frizzell and Hank Williams Sr.

Cover versions

The song was covered by Jamey Johnson on his 2010 album The Guitar Song.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks^[3]	13
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	3

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 140.
^ "Vern Gosdin Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Top 100 Country Singles of '88" (PDF). RPM. December 24, 1988. p. 15.
^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2021.