Much Too Young ( to Feel this Damn Old ) - wikipedia Much Too Young ( to Feel this Damn Old ) `` Much Too Young ( To Feel This Damn Old ) '' Single by Garth Brooks from the album Garth Brooks B - side `` Alabama Clay '' Released March 6, 1989 Format CD Single, 7 '' single Recorded Genre Country Length 2 : 58 ( album version ) Label Capitol 44342 Songwriter ( s ) Randy Taylor & Garth Brooks Producer ( s ) Allen Reynolds Garth Brooks singles chronology `` Much Too Young ( To Feel This Damn Old ) '' ( 1989 ) `` If Tomorrow Never Comes '' ( 1989 ) `` Much Too Young ( To Feel This Damn Old ) '' ( 1989 ) `` If Tomorrow Never Comes '' ( 1989 ) `` Much Too Young ( To Feel This Damn Old ) '' is a debut single recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in March 1989 as the first single from his self - titled debut album. It was also featured on The Garth Brooks Collection, The Hits and The Ultimate Hits. It was co-written by Garth Brooks and Randy Taylor. In the U.S., the song peaked at # 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Contents 1 Content 2 Background and Production 3 Music video 4 Chart positions 4.1 Year - end charts 5 References 6 External links Content This song is about a rodeo cowboy who has been competing for years and just does n't have the strength to keep at it anymore with the stress of being away from home all the while watching a younger crowd taking over the business. Background and production The fact that Chris LeDoux was mentioned in this song led to the champion rodeo bareback rider and country music singer - songwriter being introduced to a wider audience. Chris was surprised to hear his name in the song on the radio one day and set out to meet Garth : `` We finally met about eight months after that song had come out. A promoter put us together on the same bill. At the Cocky Bull in Victorville, California. And Garth for some reason insisted on opening for me, but it was great. One of the things that impressed me about him, The first thing he said to me, ' You know Chris using your name in that song, you would n't believe how that 's helped my career. ' We hit it off pretty good. '' Brooks, who is a major fan of his, convinced Capitol Records to give him a record contract and would later sing a duet with him on `` Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy ''. Garth provided the following background information on the song in the CD booklet liner notes from The Hits : `` ' Much Too Young ' will always be my sentimental favorite because it was my very first single. It was a baby that I watched grow up. Whenever I hear it today, I have a smile on my face. It want to give a big thanks to Randy Taylor and Chris LeDoux. Randy was the writer and Chris was probably the reason that it was played. Hey Chris, Randy and I decided that we owe you a beer, pal. '' Music video A music video was not made at the time of the song 's release. A video that was included on The Ultimate Hits Collection featured an overdubbed and edited performance of the song for the 15th season of Austin City Limits in 1990. Chart positions `` Much Too Young '' debuted at number 94 on Billboard 's Country Singles chart on March 25, 1989. It peaked at number 8 on that chart on July 15, 1989. Chart ( 1989 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 9 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 8 Year - end charts Chart ( 1989 ) Position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 98 US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 64 References Jump up ^ Transcription from `` The Garth Brooks Story '' ( 1996 ) Jump up ^ Garth Brooks - The Hits : transcription from the CD booklet ( bar code 7 - 2438 - 29689 - 2 - 4 ) Jump up ^ PlanetGarth.com info on `` Much Too Young '' Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 6423. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 24, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Garth Brooks Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989 ''. RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Best of 1989 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Garth Brooks singles Garth Brooks `` Much Too Young ( To Feel This Damn Old ) '' `` If Tomorrow Never Comes '' `` Not Counting You '' `` The Dance '' No Fences `` Friends in Low Places '' `` Unanswered Prayers '' `` Two of a Kind, Workin ' on a Full House '' `` The Thunder Rolls '' `` Wild Horses '' ( released in 2001 ) Ropin ' the Wind `` Rodeo '' `` Shameless '' `` What She 's Doing Now '' `` Papa Loved Mama '' `` The River '' The Chase `` We Shall Be Free '' `` Somewhere Other Than the Night '' `` Learning to Live Again '' `` That Summer '' In Pieces `` Ai n't Goin ' Down ( ' Til the Sun Comes Up ) '' `` American Honky - Tonk Bar Association '' `` Standing Outside the Fire '' `` One Night a Day '' `` Callin ' Baton Rouge '' `` The Red Strokes '' Fresh Horses `` She 's Every Woman '' `` The Fever '' `` The Beaches of Cheyenne '' `` The Change '' `` It 's Midnight Cinderella '' `` That Ol ' Wind '' Sevens `` Longneck Bottle '' `` She 's Gonna Make It '' `` Two Piña Coladas '' `` You Move Me '' `` Do What You Gotta Do '' ( released in 2000 ) The Limited Series `` To Make You Feel My Love '' Double Live `` It 's Your Song '' Greatest Hits ( as Chris Gaines ) `` Lost in You '' `` It Do n't Matter to the Sun '' `` That 's the Way I Remember It '' Scarecrow `` When You Come Back to Me Again '' ( released in 2000 ) `` Wrapped Up in You '' `` Squeeze Me In '' ( with Trisha Yearwood ) `` Thicker Than Blood '' `` Why Ai n't I Running '' The Lost Sessions `` Good Ride Cowboy '' `` Love Will Always Win '' ( with Trisha Yearwood ) `` That Girl Is a Cowboy '' The Ultimate Hits `` More Than a Memory '' `` Workin ' for a Livin ' '' ( with Huey Lewis ) `` Midnight Sun '' Man Against Machine `` People Loving People '' `` Mom '' Gunslinger `` Baby, Let 's Lay Down and Dance '' `` Ask Me How I Know '' Guest singles `` Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy ( with Chris LeDoux ; uncredited ) `` In Another 's Eyes '' ( with Trisha Yearwood ) `` One Heart at a TIme '' ( charity single ) `` Burnin the Roadhouse Down '' ( with Steve Wariner ) `` Where Your Road Leads '' ( with Trisha Yearwood ) `` Katie Wants a Fast One '' ( with Steve Wariner ) `` Beer Run ( B Double E Double Are You In ? ) '' ( with George Jones ) Other songs `` Hard Luck Woman '' `` Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy '' `` The Call '' ( with Trisha Yearwood ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Much_Too_Young_(To_Feel_This_Damn_Old)&oldid=824469409 '' Categories : 1989 singles 1989 songs Garth Brooks songs Debut singles Songs written by Garth Brooks Song recordings produced by Allen Reynolds Capitol Records Nashville singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canadacountry Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 7 February 2018, at 15 : 14. 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Question: who wrote much too young to feel this damn old
Answer: Randy Taylor