samuel smiles wrote lord have mercy on the working man.
who wrote lord have mercy on the working man?
samuel smiles
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"lord have mercy on the working man" is a song written by kostas and recorded by american country music singer travis tritt. it was released in august 1992 as the first of five singles from his third studio album, "t-r-o-u-b-l-e". the song became tritt's tenth entry on the "billboard" hot country singles & tracks (now hot country songs) charts, where it peaked at number 5.









































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"lord have mercy on the working man" is a moderate up-tempo whose lyrics centralize on a theme of economic injustice towards blue collar workers.
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jack cole directed the song's music video. in the book "country music culture: from hard times to heaven", curtis w. ellison wrote that the song's music video "confronted a litany of personal oppressions attributed to government policy" that coincided with bill clinton's presidential campaign.









































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"lord have mercy on the working man" spent 20 weeks on the "billboard" hot country singles & tracks (now hot country songs) charts in 1992, peaking at number 5. the song also reached number 10 on the canadian "rpm" country tracks charts.
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