Give It Away ( George Strait song ) - Wikipedia Give It Away ( George Strait song ) `` Give It Away '' Single by George Strait from the album It Just Comes Natural Released July 8, 2006 Format CD single, digital download Genre Country Length 3 : 30 Label MCA Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Bill Anderson Buddy Cannon Jamey Johnson Producer ( s ) George Strait Tony Brown George Strait singles chronology `` The Seashores of Old Mexico '' ( 2006 ) `` Give It Away '' ( 2006 ) `` It Just Comes Natural '' ( 2006 ) `` The Seashores of Old Mexico '' ( 2006 ) `` Give It Away '' ( 2006 ) `` It Just Comes Natural '' ( 2006 ) `` Give It Away '' is a song performed by American country music artist George Strait, written by Jamey Johnson, Bill Anderson and Buddy Cannon. It was released in July 2006 as the lead single from the album It Just Comes Natural. The song became Strait 's 41st No. 1 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, setting a new record for most No. 1 singles on that chart. Previously, Conway Twitty held that record with 40 number - one singles. At the Academy of Country Music awards in 2007, `` Give It Away '' won both the Single of the Year and Song of the Year awards ; the song also won Song of the Year honors at the Country Music Association Awards the same year. `` Give It Away '' received a nomination for Best Male Country Vocal Performance at the 2008 Grammy Awards. Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Chart positions 2.1 Year - end charts 3 References 4 External links Critical reception Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it `` a leavin ' song that would 've worked in any decade. '' Chart positions Chart ( 2006 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 35 US Billboard Pop 100 47 Year - end charts Chart ( 2006 ) Position US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 14 Preceded by `` Brand New Girlfriend '' by Steve Holy Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one single September 30 - October 7, 2006 Succeeded by `` Would You Go with Me '' by Josh Turner References Jump up ^ `` Chart Beat ''. Retrieved 8 June 2017. Jump up ^ `` Top News, Latest headlines, Latest News, World News & U.S News - UPI.com ''. UPI. Retrieved 8 June 2017. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ Billboard, October 7, 2006 Jump up ^ `` George Strait Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` George Strait Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2006 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2012. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics hide George Strait 2000s - 2010s singles Latest Greatest Straitest Hits `` The Best Day '' George Strait `` Go On '' `` Do n't Make Me Come Over There and Love You '' `` If You Can Do Anything Else '' The Road Less Traveled `` Run '' `` Living and Living Well '' `` She 'll Leave You with a Smile '' Honkytonkville `` Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa '' `` Cowboys Like Us '' `` Desperately '' 50 Number Ones `` I Hate Everything '' Somewhere Down in Texas `` You 'll Be There '' `` She Let Herself Go '' `` The Seashores of Old Mexico '' It Just Comes Natural `` Give It Away '' `` It Just Comes Natural '' `` Wrapped '' `` How ' bout Them Cowgirls '' Troubadour `` I Saw God Today '' `` Troubadour '' `` River of Love '' Twang `` Living for the Night '' `` Twang '' `` I Gotta Get to You '' `` The Breath You Take '' Here for a Good Time `` Here for a Good Time '' `` Love 's Gonna Make It Alright '' `` Drinkin ' Man '' Love Is Everything `` Give It All We Got Tonight '' `` I Believe '' `` I Got a Car '' Cold Beer Conversation `` Let It Go '' `` Cold Beer Conversation '' `` Goin ' Goin ' Gone '' Other songs `` Murder on Music Row '' ( w / Alan Jackson ) `` Designated Drinker '' ( w / Alan Jackson ) `` Hey, Good Lookin ' '' ( w / Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson and Toby Keith ) `` Shiftwork '' ( w / Kenny Chesney ) `` Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven '' This 2000s country song - related article is a stub. 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Question: who wrote the song just give it away
Answer: Jamey Johnson