Written by Kris Kristopherson and recorded by, well, just about everyone.
Sammi Smith’s version was a huge hit for her on the Country, Pop, and Easy Listening charts as well as being a hit in Europe and Canada.
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I think her version is my favorite. I’m fairly certain no woman could get away with recording something like that in Nashville today; it’s very strange how we’ve become so prudish in some ways when society in general is much more permissive.
Probably not in Nashville, but in other types of music, this is still pretty tame.