Out in the country - Wikipedia Out in the country `` Out in the Country '' Single by Three Dog Night from the album It Ai n't Easy B - side `` Good Time Living '' Released August 1970 Recorded 1969 Genre Rock Length 3 : 08 Label Dunhill Songwriter ( s ) Paul Williams Roger Nichols Producer ( s ) Richard Podolor Three Dog Night singles chronology `` Mama Told Me ( Not to Come ) '' ( 1970 ) `` Out in the Country '' ( 1970 ) `` One Man Band '' ( 1970 ) `` Mama Told Me ( Not to Come ) '' ( 1970 ) `` Out in the Country '' ( 1970 ) `` One Man Band '' ( 1970 ) `` Out in the Country '' is a song written by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols and performed by Three Dog Night. The song was produced by Richard Podolor, and was featured on their 1970 album, It Ai n't Easy. In the US, `` Out in the Country '' peaked at number 11 on the US adult contemporary chart, and number 15 on the Billboard chart in 1970. Outside the US, `` Out in the Country '' reached number 9 in Canada, Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Other versions 3 References Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1970 ) Peak position Australia KMR 85 Canada RPM 9 US Billboard Hot 100 15 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 11 US Cash Box Top 100 9 Year - end charts Chart ( 1970 ) Rank US ( Joel Whitburn 's Pop Annual ) 126 US Cash Box Top 100 86 Other versions Williams released a version of the song on his 1972 album, Life Goes On. R.E.M. released a version of the song in 2003 and is featured on the album, Complete Rarities : Warner Bros. 1988 -- 2011. References Jump up ^ Three Dog Night, `` Out in the Country '' single release Retrieved January 31, 2015 Jump up ^ Three Dog Night, It Ai n't Easy Retrieved January 31, 2015 Jump up ^ Three Dog Night, `` Out in the Country '' U.S. Chart Positions Retrieved January 31, 2015 Jump up ^ Three Dog Night, `` Out in the Country '' Canada Chart Position Retrieved January 31, 2015 Jump up ^ David Kent 's Australian Chart Book 1970 -- 1992 Jump up ^ `` Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada ''. Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 03. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, October 24, 1970 Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1999 ). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin : Record Research Inc. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 142 - X. Jump up ^ The CASH BOX Year - End Charts : 1970 ; December 26, 1970 Three Dog Night Danny Hutton Michael Allsup Paul Kingery Pat Bautz Eddie Reasoner David Morgan Cory Wells Chuck Negron Jimmy Greenspoon Floyd Sneed Joe Schermie Skip Konte Al Ciner Gary Moon Richard Campbell Studio albums Three Dog Night ( 1968 ) Suitable for Framing ( 1969 ) It Ai n't Easy ( 1970 ) Naturally ( 1970 ) Harmony ( 1971 ) Seven Separate Fools ( 1972 ) Cyan ( 1973 ) Hard Labor ( 1974 ) Coming Down Your Way ( 1975 ) American Pastime ( 1976 ) It 's a Jungle ( 1983 ) Live albums Captured Live at the Forum ( 1969 ) Around the World with Three Dog Night ( 1973 ) Compilations Golden Bisquits ( 1971 ) Joy to the World : Their Greatest Hits ( 1975 ) The Best of 3 Dog Night ( 1982 ) Celebrate : The Three Dog Night Story, 1965 -- 1975 ( 1993 ) 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection : The Best of Three Dog Night ( 1999 ) Singles `` Nobody '' `` Try a Little Tenderness '' `` One '' `` Easy to Be Hard '' `` Eli 's Coming '' `` Celebrate '' `` Mama Told Me ( Not to Come ) '' `` Out in the Country '' `` One Man Band '' `` Joy to the World '' `` Liar '' `` An Old Fashioned Love Song '' `` Never Been to Spain '' `` The Family of Man '' `` Black & White '' `` Pieces of April '' `` Shambala '' `` Let Me Serenade You '' `` The Show Must Go On '' `` Sure As I 'm Sittin ' Here '' `` Play Something Sweet ( Brickyard Blues ) '' `` Til the World Ends '' `` Everybody Is a Masterpiece '' `` It 's a Jungle Out There '' Discography Book R.E.M. Bill Berry Peter Buck Mike Mills Michael Stipe ( Bertis Downs IV Jefferson Holt ) Nathan December Buren Fowler Peter Holsapple Barrett Martin Scott McCaughey Bill Rieflin Ken Stringfellow Joey Waronker Studio albums Murmur Reckoning Fables of the Reconstruction Lifes Rich Pageant Document Green Out of Time Automatic for the People Monster New Adventures in Hi - Fi Up Reveal Around the Sun Accelerate Collapse into Now Compilations Dead Letter Office Eponymous The Best of R.E.M. The Automatic Box Singles Collected In the Attic In Time iTunes Originals And I Feel Fine Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982 -- 2011 Complete Rarities : I.R.S. 1982 -- 1987 Complete Rarities : Warner Bros. 1988 -- 2011 7IN -- 83 -- 88 EPs Chronic Town Not Bad for No Tour Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes Live from London Reckoning Songs from The Olympia Other albums Man on the Moon r.e.m. IX R.E.M. 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Question: who wrote the song out in the country
Answer: Paul Williams