Mind Your Own Business ( song ) - Wikipedia Mind Your Own Business ( song ) `` Mind Your Own Business '' Single by Hank Williams B - side `` There 'll Be No Teardrops Tonight '' Released July 1949 Recorded March 1, 1949 Studio Castle Studio, Nashville Genre Country, blues, rock and roll Length 2 : 47 Label MGM Songwriter ( s ) Hank Williams Producer ( s ) Fred Rose Hank Williams singles chronology `` Wedding Bells '' ( 1949 ) `` Mind Your Own Business '' ( 1949 ) `` You 're Gonna Change ( Or I 'm Gonna Leave ) '' ( 1949 ) `` Wedding Bells '' ( 1949 ) `` Mind Your Own Business '' ( 1949 ) `` You 're Gonna Change ( Or I 'm Gonna Leave ) '' ( 1949 ) `` Mind Your Own Business '' is a 1949 song written and originally performed by Hank Williams. Contents 1 Background 2 Content 3 Cover versions 4 References Background `` Mind Your Own Business '' was recorded on March 2, 1949, at Castle Studio in Nashville. During the same session, Williams also recorded `` You 're Gonna Change ( Or I 'm Gonna Leave ) '', `` My Son Calls Another Man Daddy '', and `` Honky Tonk Blues ''. He is backed by Dale Potter ( fiddle ), Don Davis ( steel guitar ), Zeke Turner ( lead guitar ), Clyde Baum ( mandolin ), Jack Shook ( rhythm guitar ), and probably Ernie Newton ( bass ). Content In the song, the narrator admonishes a local busybody for snooping and gossiping. While the delivery is light and breezy, the song 's lyrics were likely inspired by the singer 's own tempestuous relationship with wife Audrey Williams and the buzz it created. The opening lines seem to reference this : `` If the wife and I are fussin ', brother that 's our right / ' Cause me and that sweet woman 's got a licence to fight... '' His delivery is measured, laconic, and dry. The day before, Hank had cut several duets with his wife Audrey, who by all accounts had limited singing talent. Introducing it in October 1949, he told his radio audience that it was a `` little prophecy in song '', and indeed it would prove to be. The song is similar in tone and structure to Williams ' first Billboard hit `` Move It on Over '', with the singer couching his moral indignation in humor, allowing the subject matter to resonate with the public. `` Mind Your Own Business '' went to # 6 on the C&W Best Seller list where it stayed for two weeks. Cover versions In 1964, Jimmy Dean hit the country charts with his version of the song. His version spent six weeks on the charts and peaked at # 35. Ernest Tubb included it on his 1968 LP Ernest Tubb Sings Hank Williams. In 1971, Steve Goodman recorded it on his debut album. In 1975, Henry McCullough recorded the song, and used it as the title track of his solo album on Dark Horse Records. Moe Bandy recorded it for his 1975 LP Here I Am Drunk Again. Charley Pride recorded it for his 1980 album There 's a Little Bit of Hank in Me. Moe Bandy recorded the song for his 1983 tribute Sings the Songs of Hank Williams. In late 1986, Hank Williams, Jr. recorded the song along with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike, and Willie Nelson. This version was the most successful, going to # 1 on the country chart for two weeks. In the early 1960s, the surf rock band The Trashmen recorded a song with the same name as the Hank Williams song, but which was written by one of its members, Tony Andreason. The song appears on The Great Lost Trashmen Album. References Jump up ^ Escott, Colin & 2004 332. ^ Jump up to : Escott, Colin & 2004 106. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 -- 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 387. Preceded by `` Too Much Is Not Enough '' by The Bellamy Brothers with The Forester Sisters Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single December 27, 1986 -- January 3, 1987 Succeeded by `` Give Me Wings '' by Michael Johnson Preceded by `` Love 's Gonna Get You Someday '' by Ricky Skaggs RPM Country Tracks number - one single January 17, 1987 Succeeded by `` What Am I Gonna Do About You '' by Reba McEntire Hank Williams Discography Songs Albums Hank Williams Sings Hank Williams on Stage Three Hanks : Men with Broken Hearts The Complete Hank Williams Memorial Album Songs `` Move It On Over '' `` Honky Tonkin ' '' `` I Saw the Light '' `` Lovesick Blues '' `` Mind Your Own Business '' `` Lost Highway '' `` My Bucket 's Got a Hole in It '' `` I 'm So Lonesome I Could Cry '' `` Long Gone Lonesome Blues '' `` Why Do n't You Love Me '' `` Cold, Cold Heart '' `` Hey, Good Lookin ' '' `` Honky Tonk Blues '' `` Half as Much '' `` Jambalaya ( On the Bayou ) '' `` You Win Again '' `` I 'll Never Get Out of This World Alive '' `` Kaw - Liga '' `` Your Cheatin ' Heart '' `` Take These Chains from My Heart '' `` The Blues Come Around '' `` Six More Miles ( To the Graveyard ) '' `` I 'm Satisfied with You '' `` The Pale Horse and His Rider '' Family Hank Williams Jr. Jett Williams Hank Williams III Holly Williams Related articles Death of Hank Williams List of tributes to Hank Williams Drifting Cowboys Sterling Records MGM Records Grand Ole Opry The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 Rufus Payne Jimmy Dean Studio albums Everybody 's Favourite ( 1967 ) Country Boy and Country Girl ( 1970 ) Songs `` Big Bad John '' `` PT - 109 '' `` Mind Your Own Business '' `` The First Thing Ev'ry Morning ( And the Last Thing Ev'ry Night ) '' `` A Thing Called Love '' `` I.O.U. '' Television The Jimmy Dean Show Business ventures Jimmy Dean sausage Related Discography Hank Williams Jr. Studio albums Your Cheatin ' Heart Connie Francis and Hank Williams Jr. Sing Great Country Favorites Ballads of the Hills and Plains Blues My Name A Time to Sing Songs My Father Left Me Luke the Drifter Jr. Vol. 2 Live at Cobo Hall After You, Pride 's Not Hard to Swallow Hank Williams Jr. and Friends Family Tradition Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound Habits Old and New Rowdy The Pressure Is On High Notes Strong Stuff Man of Steel Major Moves Five - O Montana Cafe Hank Live Born to Boogie Wild Streak Lone Wolf Pure Hank Maverick Out of Left Field Hog Wild A.K.A. Wham Bam Sam Three Hanks : Men with Broken Hearts Stormy The Almeria Club Recordings I 'm One of You 127 Rose Avenue It 's About Time Compilation albums Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Fourteen Greatest Hits Hank Williams Jr. 's Greatest Hits Hank Williams Jr. 's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 America ( The Way I See It ) The Best of Hank Williams Jr. Volume One : Roots and Branches Tribute to My Father 20 Hits Special Collection, Vol. 1 Early Years, Vol. 1 Early Years, Vol. 2 The Bocephus Box That 's How They Do It in Dixie : The Essential Collection Notable singles `` Long Gone Lonesome Blues '' `` Nobody 's Child '' `` All for the Love of Sunshine '' `` So Sad ( To Watch Good Love Go Bad ) '' ( with Lois Johnson ) `` Eleven Roses '' `` Rainy Night in Georgia '' `` I 'll Think of Something '' `` I Fought the Law '' `` To Love Somebody '' `` Family Tradition '' `` Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound '' `` Women I 've Never Had '' `` Kaw - Liga '' `` Old Habits '' `` Texas Women '' `` Dixie on My Mind '' `` All My Rowdy Friends ( Have Settled Down ) '' `` A Country Boy Can Survive '' `` Honky Tonkin ' '' `` The American Dream '' `` Gonna Go Huntin ' Tonight '' `` Leave Them Boys Alone '' ( with Ernest Tubb and Waylon Jennings ) `` Queen of My Heart '' `` Man of Steel '' `` Attitude Adjustment '' `` All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight '' `` Major Moves '' `` I 'm for Love '' `` This Ai n't Dallas '' `` Ai n't Misbehavin ' '' `` Country State of Mind '' `` Mind Your Own Business '' ( with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike and Willie Nelson ) `` Born to Boogie '' `` Heaven Ca n't Be Found '' `` Young Country '' `` If the South Woulda Won '' `` Early in the Morning and Late at Night '' `` There 's a Tear in My Beer '' ( with Hank Williams Sr. ) `` Finders Are Keepers '' `` Ai n't Nobody 's Business '' `` Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin ' '' `` I Mean I Love You '' `` If It Will, It Will '' `` Devil in the Bottle '' `` Are You Ready for the Country ? '' ( with Eric Church ) Guest singles `` The Conversation '' ( with Waylon Jennings ) `` Bartender Song ( Sittin ' at a Bar ) '' ( with Rehab ) Family Hank Williams Audrey Williams Jett Williams Hank Williams III Holly Williams Related articles Discography Living Proof : The Hank Williams Jr. Story This 1940s country song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This 1980s country song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mind_Your_Own_Business_(song)&oldid=813316807 '' Categories : 1949 singles 1964 singles 1986 singles Songs written by Hank Williams Hank Williams songs Jimmy Dean songs Moe Bandy songs Charley Pride songs Hank Williams Jr. songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles RPM Country Tracks number - one singles Warner Bros. 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Question: who wrote the song mind your own business
Answer: Hank Williams