The Lord Knows I 'm Drinking - Wikipedia The Lord Knows I 'm Drinking `` The Lord Knows I 'm Drinking '' Single by Cal Smith from the album I 've Found Someone of My Own B - side `` Sweet Things I Remember About You '' Released November 1972 Format 7 '' Recorded March 12, 1972 Bradley 's Barn, Mount Juliet, Tennessee Genre Country Length 2 : 48 Label Decca Records 33040 Songwriter ( s ) Bill Anderson Producer ( s ) Walter Haynes Cal Smith singles chronology `` For My Baby '' ( 1972 ) `` The Lord Knows I 'm Drinking '' ( 1972 ) `` I Can Feel the Leaving Coming On '' ( 1973 ) `` For My Baby '' ( 1972 ) `` The Lord Knows I 'm Drinking '' ( 1973 ) `` I Can Feel the Leaving Coming On '' ( 1973 ) `` The Lord Knows I 'm Drinking '' is a 1972 song written by Bill Anderson and made famous by country music singer Cal Smith. Song background Smith, who had first gained fame performing with Ernest Tubb 's Texas Trubadors in the 1960s, released a series of minor hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was n't until 1972 when he hit the top 5 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart with `` I 've Found Someone of My Own '' ( a cover of the Free Movement pop hit ). Later in 1972, he released what became his first No. 1 hit, the Anderson - penned `` The Lord Knows I 'm Drinking. '' A sharp denunciation of small - town religious self - righteousness, `` The Lord Knows I 'm Drinking '' was his first No. 1 country hit in March, as part of a 15 - week stay on in the Billboard country chart 's top 40. The record was also Smith 's only single to cross over to the pop chart, where it peaked at number 64. `` The Lord Knows I 'm Drinking '' was one of the last country music hits for the original Decca Records ; in early 1973, the label was dropped in favor of MCA Records, where Smith continued recording and enjoying success. Chart performance Chart ( 1972 -- 1973 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles U.S. Billboard Hot 100 64 Canadian RPM Country Tracks References Jump up ^ Manheim, James, `` Cal Smith '' at Allmusic. Retrieved 5 - 4 - 2010. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 317. This 1970s country song -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Lord_Knows_I%27m_Drinking&oldid=847200740 '' Categories : 1972 singles Cal Smith songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Songs written by Bill Anderson ( singer ) 1972 songs Decca Records singles 1970s country song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 23 June 2018, at 16 : 37 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the lord knows i'm drinking
Answer: Bill Anderson