Rub it in - wikipedia Rub it in `` Rub It In '' Single by Billy `` Crash '' Craddock from the album Rub It In B - side `` It 's Hard to Love a Hungry, Worried Man '' Released Format 45 Record Recorded Genre Country Length 2 : 30 Label ABC Songwriter ( s ) Layng Martine Jr. Producer ( s ) Ron Chancey Billy `` Crash '' Craddock singles chronology `` Sweet Magnolia Blossom '' ( 1973 ) `` Rub It In '' ( 1974 ) `` Ruby Baby '' ( 1974 ) `` Sweet Magnolia Blossom '' ( 1973 ) `` Rub It In '' ( 1974 ) `` Ruby Baby '' ( 1974 ) `` Rub It In '' is a song written and originally recorded by Layng Martine Jr., and credited as Layng Martine. His version, released on the Barnaby Records label, was produced by Ray Stevens and was a chart single in 1971. Billy `` Crash '' Craddock covered the song in 1974, on the album Rub It In, taking it to Number One on the country music charts and Top 20 on the pop charts. He told Tom Roland in The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits that many stations refused to play it at first because they thought it was risque. `` I said, ' We 're talking about suntan lotion, and if you still think it 's risque, then do n't play it, ' '' Craddock said. `` Evidently, they all went back and listened to it, and it was the biggest record we ever had. '' Craddock also made live recordings of the song on 1977 's Live ! and 2009 's Live - N - Kickin '. Craddock eventually recorded a sequel to the song, `` You Rubbed It In All Wrong, '' which borrows heavily from the original song 's melody but instead replaces the lotion with sand, as the man 's lover is discovered to be cheating on him. The sequel was also a top - 5 hit on both the country charts. A third version, in 1999 by country singer Matt King also charted on the country charts, from his album Hard Country. The song 's melody was adapted by Glade to advertise their plug - in air fresheners ( `` plug it in, plug it in '' ). Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Layng Martine 1.2 Billy `` Crash '' Craddock 1.3 Matt King 2 Other cover versions 3 References Chart performance Layng Martine Chart ( 1971 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 65 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 36 Billy `` Crash '' Craddock Chart ( 1974 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles U.S. Billboard Hot 100 16 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 15 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Top Singles 18 Preceded by `` You Ca n't Be a Beacon If Your Light Do n't Shine '' by Donna Fargo Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single August 3 - August 10, 1974 Succeeded by `` As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone '' by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Preceded by `` As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone '' by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn RPM Country Tracks number - one single August 17, 1974 Succeeded by `` You Ca n't Be a Beacon If Your Light Do n't Shine '' by Donna Fargo Matt King Chart ( 1999 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 54 Other cover versions Dave Clark & Friends ( 1972 ) Mel Street ( 1974 ) Mike Walker ( 2001 ), on the album Mike Walker Jeff Bates ( 2006 ), on the album Leave the Light On. Jack Jersey ( 1975 ), on the album `` I Wonder '' References Jump up ^ Roland, Tom, `` The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits '' ( Billboard Books, Watson - Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 ( ISBN 0 - 82 - 307553 - 2 ), pp. 118 - 119. Jump up ^ `` Chart listing for `` Rub It In '' ``. Billboard. Retrieved 2009 - 02 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Chart listing for `` Rub It In '' ``. Billboard. Archived from the original on November 27, 2013. Retrieved 2009 - 02 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Matt King -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Matt King. Billy `` Crash '' Craddock Studio albums I 'm Tore Up ( 1964 ) Knock Three Times ( 1971 ) You Better Move On ( 1972 ) Two Sides of `` Crash '' ( 1973 ) Mr. Country Rock ( 1973 ) Rub It In ( 1974 ) Still Thinkin ' ' bout You ( 1975 ) Easy as Pie ( 1976 ) Crash ( 1976 ) Singing Is Believing ( 1978 ) Billy `` Crash '' Craddock ( 1978 ) Turning Up and Turning On ( 1978 ) Laughing and Crying, Living and Dying ( 1979 ) Changes ( 1980 ) The New Will Never Wear Off of You ( 1982 ) Crash Craddock ( 1986 ) Back on Track ( 1989 ) Christmas Favorites ( 2006 ) Compilation albums The Best of Billy `` Crash '' Craddock ( 1973 ) Billy `` Crash '' Craddock ( 1973 ) Greatest Hits Volume One ( 1974 ) The First Time ( 1977 ) Sings His Greatest Hits ( 1978 ) The Best of Billy `` Crash '' Craddock ( 1982 ) Greatest Hits ( 1983 ) Crash 's Greatest Hits ( 1986 ) Boom Boom Baby ( 1992 ) Crash 's Smashes ( 1996 ) Live albums Live ! ( 1977 ) Crash Craddock Live ! ( 1985 ) Live - n - Kickin ' ( 2009 ) Singles `` Do n't Destroy Me '' `` Boom Boom Baby '' `` Knock Three Times '' `` Dream Lover '' `` You Better Move On '' `` Nothin ' Shakin ' ( But the Leaves on the Trees ) '' `` I 'm Gonna Knock on Your Door '' `` Sweet Magnolia Blossom '' `` Rub It In '' `` Ruby Baby '' `` Still Thinkin ' ' bout You '' `` Easy as Pie '' `` Broken Down in Tiny Pieces '' `` A Tear Fell '' Related articles Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rub_It_In&oldid=787881315 '' Categories : 1974 songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles RPM Country Tracks number - one singles Billy `` Crash '' Craddock songs Matt King ( singer ) songs Layng Martine Jr. songs Jeff Bates songs Songs written by Layng Martine Jr. Atlantic Records singles Song recordings produced by Ron Chancey 1971 songs ABC Records singles Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from October 2010 Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart called without song Talk Contents About Wikipedia Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 28 June 2017, at 03 : 42. 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Question: who sang the song rub it in rub it in
Answer: Layng Martine Jr.