Baby, Do n't Get Hooked on Me - wikipedia Baby, Do n't Get Hooked on Me `` Baby Do n't Get Hooked on Me '' Single by Mac Davis from the album Baby Do n't Get Hooked on Me B - side `` Your Side of the Bed '' Released July 1972 ( US ) Format 7 '' Recorded March 1, 1972 Genre Rock, soft rock, country Length 3 : 06 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Mac Davis Producer ( s ) Mac Davis Mac Davis singles chronology `` Beginning to Feel the Pain '' ( 1971 ) `` Baby Do n't Get Hooked on Me '' ( 1972 ) `` Everybody Loves a Love Song '' ( 1972 ) `` Beginning to Feel the Pain '' ( 1971 ) `` Baby Do n't Get Hooked on Me '' ( 1972 ) `` Everybody Loves a Love Song '' ( 1972 ) `` Baby Do n't Get Hooked on Me '' is a hit song by country and pop singer - songwriter Mac Davis. From his breakthrough album of the same name, the song reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts in September 1972, spending three weeks atop each chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 8 song of 1972. He wrote the song when the record company demanded he write a tune with a `` hook ''. The song was also a modest country hit concurrent with its pop success, reaching number 26 shortly after the peak of its pop success. The `` Nashville Edition '' provided backing vocals. The song was featured on an episode of The Muppet Show that Mac Davis was hosting. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Covers 3 References Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1972 ) Peak position Australian Go - Set Chart Australian KMR Canadian RPM Top Singles Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks Canadian RPM Country Tracks Ireland ( IRMA ) 19 New Zealand ( Listener ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Easy Listening US Billboard Hot Country Singles 26 Year - end charts Chart ( 1972 ) Rank Australia KMR 25 Canada RPM Top Singles 9 US Billboard Hot 100 8 US Cash Box Top 100 17 Covers Blaine Larsen, on his 2006 album Rockin ' You Tonight. Liza Minnelli, on her 1973 album The Singer References Jump up ^ Sharp, Ken ( 2009 - 01 - 02 ). `` MAC DAVIS : Hook, Line and Sinker `` American Songwriter ''. Americansongwriter.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 06. Jump up ^ `` RPM Top Singles for October 14, 1972 ''. RPM. Retrieved 11 October 2010. Jump up ^ `` RPM Adult Contemporary for October 7, 1972 ''. RPM. Retrieved 11 October 2010. Jump up ^ `` RPM Country Tracks for October 21, 1972 ''. RPM. Retrieved 11 October 2010. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- Baby, Do n't Get Hooked on Me ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 11, 2017. Jump up ^ `` flavour of new zealand - search listener ''. Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 06. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 72. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 99. Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1972YESP.html Preceded by `` Black and White '' by Three Dog Night Billboard Hot 100 number one single September 23, 1972 ( three weeks ) Succeeded by `` Ben '' by Michael Jackson Preceded by `` The Guitar Man '' by Bread Billboard Easy Listening Singles number - one single September 16, 1972 ( three weeks ) Succeeded by `` Black and White '' by Three Dog Night Preceded by `` I Ai n't Never '' by Mel Tillis RPM Country Tracks number one single October 21, 1972 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Funny Face '' by Donna Fargo Mac Davis Studio albums Song Painter I Believe in Music Baby, Do n't Get Hooked on Me Stop and Smell the Roses Singles `` Baby Do n't Get Hooked on Me '' `` One Hell of a Woman '' `` Stop and Smell the Roses '' `` I Never Made Love ( Till I Made It with You ) '' Related articles Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baby,_Don%27t_Get_Hooked_on_Me&oldid=813785439 '' Categories : 1972 singles Mac Davis songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Billboard Adult Contemporary number - one singles RPM Country Tracks number - one singles Songs written by Mac Davis 1972 songs Columbia Records singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart called without artist Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 5 December 2017, at 06 : 24. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sings don't get hooked on me
Answer: Mac Davis