Who 's Gonna Fill Their Shoes ( song ) - Wikipedia Who 's Gonna Fill Their Shoes ( song ) `` Who 's Gonna Fill Their Shoes '' Single by George Jones from the album Who 's Gonna Fill Their Shoes B - side `` A Whole Lot of Trouble for You '' Released 1985 Format 7 '' single Genre Country Length 3 : 16 Label Epic 05439 Songwriter ( s ) Max D. Barnes Troy Seals Producer ( s ) Billy Sherrill George Jones singles chronology `` Size Seven Round ( Made of Gold ) '' ( 1985 ) `` Who 's Gonna Fill Their Shoes '' ( 1985 ) `` The One I Loved Back Then ( The Corvette Song ) '' ( 1986 ) `` Size Seven Round ( Made of Gold ) '' ( 1985 ) `` Who 's Gonna Fill Their Shoes '' ( 1985 ) `` The One I Loved Back Then ( The Corvette Song ) '' ( 1986 ) `` Who 's Gonna Fill Their Shoes '' is a song written by Troy Seals and Max D. Barnes and recorded by American country music singer George Jones. It was recorded for his 1985 album Who 's Gonna Fill Their Shoes, from which it was released in late 1985 as the first single. The song peaked at number three on the Hot Country Singles chart in mid-1985. Contents 1 Background 2 Reception 3 Chart performance 4 References 5 External links Background Jones sings of the irreplacibility of country music legends including Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Conway Twitty, Roy Acuff, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Charlie Rich, Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, and Lefty Frizzell. After remarking about these singers ' impacts on country music, he wonders who will replace them when they 're gone - hence, the title line - and thus become legends in their own right. In the 1994 video retrospective Golden Hits Jones recalled : `` Troy Seals wrote that... He saved the day for us... Songwriters were bringin ' things in and we were listening to songs and tapes, and Troy came in and told Billy ( Sherrill, Jones ' producer ) and me that he had this idea, and he sung a little bit of the chorus... He came back about ten o'clock or eleven the next morning before we went in to do our session at two o'clock, he had it all finished and it just knocked us out. '' A promotional video for the song was aired on The Nashville Network ( TNN ), Country Music Television ( CMT ) and Great American Country ( GAC ). Directed by Marc Ball, it also features Billy Sherrill in a cameo as the bus driver and CBS executive Rick Blackburn driving the Cadillac at the end of the video. It takes place at a roadside gas station, where the owner shares with Jones his extensive collection of albums and memorabilia from classic country music artists. At the end of the video, as Jones ' tour bus pulls away, a convertible pulls into the station ; its passenger is a young man with a guitar, looking in awe at the large tour bus. The video - the singer 's first - won Music Video of the Year at the 1986 CMA Awards, beating out videos by the Judds, Reba McEntire, and Dwight Yoakam. However, with a new crop of country stars emerging, the song had an unfortunate connotation, with Andrew Mueller noting in Jones ' Uncut obituary, `` As it turned out, the song was n't brilliantly timed. A few of its protagonists still had decades left in them, as did Jones himself... '' Reception Eugene Chadbourne of Allmusic describes the song as `` the kind of mystical, self - serving necrophilia that country music is all about ''. Jones biographer Bob Allen states, `` It struck a strong enough chord of empathy with old - time country music lovers to end up number three in Billboard. '' Chart performance Chart ( 1985 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles Canadian RPM Country Tracks References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 214. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. `` Who 's Gonna Fill Their Shoes review ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 23 January 2011. Jump up ^ Allen, Bob 1996, pp. 352 - 353. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics George Jones singles Singles `` No Money in This Deal '' `` Why Baby Why '' `` Achin ', Breakin ' Heart '' `` Seasons of My Heart '' `` Too Much Water '' `` Just One More '' `` Do n't Stop the Music '' `` Color of the Blues '' `` White Lightning '' `` The Window Up Above '' `` Tender Years '' `` She Thinks I Still Care '' `` I 'll Share My World with You `` The Race Is On '' `` Love Bug '' `` Walk Through This World with Me '' `` If My Heart Had Windows '' `` Good Year for the Roses '' `` Loving You Could Never Be Better '' `` A Picture of Me ( Without You ) '' `` The Grand Tour '' `` The Door '' `` He Stopped Loving Her Today '' `` I 'm Not Ready Yet '' `` If Drinkin ' Do n't Kill Me ( Her Memory Will ) '' `` Still Doin ' Time '' `` Same Ole Me '' `` Shine On ( Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me ) '' `` I Always Get Lucky with You '' `` Tennessee Whiskey '' `` You 've Still Got a Place in My Heart '' `` She 's My Rock '' `` Hallelujah, I Love You So '' `` Who 's Gonna Fill Their Shoes '' `` The One I Loved Back Then ( The Corvette Song ) '' `` Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way '' `` Wine Colored Roses '' `` The Right Left Hand '' `` I Turn to You '' `` I 'm a One Woman Man '' `` I Do n't Need Your Rockin ' Chair '' `` Choices '' `` Funny How Time Slips Away '' Collaborative singles `` We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds '' ( w / Melba Montgomery ) `` Let 's Invite Them Over '' ( w / Melba Montgomery ) `` What 's in Our Heart '' ( w / Melba Montgomery ) `` Blue Moon of Kentucky '' ( w / Melba Montgomery ) `` We 're Gonna Hold On '' ( w / Tammy Wynette ) `` Golden Ring '' ( w / Tammy Wynette ) `` Near You '' ( w / Tammy Wynette ) `` Maybellene '' ( w / Johnny Paycheck ) `` Two Story House '' ( w / Tammy Wynette ) `` You Better Move On '' ( w / Johnny Paycheck ) `` Yesterday 's Wine '' ( w / Merle Haggard ) `` C.C. Waterback '' ( w / Merle Haggard ) Guest singles `` A Few Ole Country Boys '' ( w / Randy Travis ) `` You Do n't Seem to Miss Me '' ( w / Patty Loveless ) `` A Country Boy Can Survive ( Y2K version ) '' ( w / Chad Brock and Hank Williams, Jr. ) `` Murder on Music Row '' ( w / Dierks Bentley ) Related articles Albums discography Singles discography Discography with Tammy Wynette Awards This 1985 country song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Who%27s_Gonna_Fill_Their_Shoes_(song)&oldid=831988261 '' Categories : 1985 singles George Jones songs Songs written by Max D. Barnes Songs written by Troy Seals Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill Epic Records singles 1985 songs 1985 country song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Edit links This page was last edited on 23 March 2018, at 04 : 23 ( UTC ). 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Question: who sang who's going to fill their shoes
Answer: George Jones