Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man - wikipedia Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man `` Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man '' Single by Travis Tritt from the album T-R-O-U-B-L-E B - side `` Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man '' ( album version ) Released August 10, 1992 Format CD single Genre Country Length 4 : 55 ( album version ) Label Warner Bros. Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Kostas Producer ( s ) Gregg Brown Travis Tritt singles chronology `` Nothing Short of Dying '' ( 1992 ) `` Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man '' ( 1992 ) `` Can I Trust You with My Heart '' ( 1992 ) `` Nothing Short of Dying '' ( 1992 ) ' `` Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man '' ' ( 1992 ) `` Can I Trust You with My Heart '' ( 1992 ) `` Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man '' is a song written by Kostas and recorded by American country music singer Travis Tritt. It was released in August 1992 as the first of five singles from his third studio album, T-R-O-U-B-L-E. The song became Tritt 's tenth entry on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks ( now Hot Country Songs ) charts, where it peaked at number 5. Contents 1 Content 2 Critical reception 3 Music video 4 Chart performance 5 References 6 External links Content `` Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man '' is a moderate up - tempo whose lyrics centralize on a theme of economic injustice towards blue collar workers. The instrumentation features various forms of percussion from Sam Bacco, including crotales, wobble board, spoons and a broom. Richard Bennett and Wendell Cox play guitar solos before the third verse, and Brooks & Dunn, T. Graham Brown, George Jones, Little Texas, Dana McVicker, Tanya Tucker and Porter Wagoner all sing background vocals on the final chorus. Critical reception Teresa M. Walker, in her review for the Gainesville Sun, said that with the assistance from superstars on the final chorus, the song `` should shoot up the charts. '' Dave Larsen of the Dayton Daily News cited it as one of the stronger tracks on the album, saying that the album `` works best when Tritt sticks with the populist approach. '' Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly said of the song, `` Tritt finds a solid image for his laborer 's lament (... ) But the melody is so slight that he resorts to an acoustic arrangement that evokes Jimmie Rodgers and the young Roy Acuff. '' Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine gave the song a mixed review, saying that while the final chorus of song features famous country artists, it was too bad that the entire song is n't as strong as the last verse. Music video Jack Cole directed the song 's music video. In the book Country Music Culture : From Hard Times to Heaven, Curtis W. Ellison wrote that the song 's music video `` confronted a litany of personal oppressions attributed to government policy '' that coincided with Bill Clinton 's presidential campaign. Chart performance `` Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man '' spent 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks ( now Hot Country Songs ) charts in 1992, peaking at number 5. The song also reached number 10 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks charts. Chart ( 1992 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 10 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 5 References ^ Jump up to : T-R-O-U-B-L-E ( cassette insert ). Travis Tritt. Warner Bros. Records. 1992. 45048. Jump up ^ Hurst, Jack ( 13 August 1992 ). `` Satellite show Travis Tritt to launch new album from Park West ''. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 August 2009. ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, Joel ( 2006 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits ( 2 ed. ). Billboard Books. p. 353. ISBN 0 - 8230 - 8291 - 1. Jump up ^ Walker, Teresa M. ( 4 September 1992 ). `` Travis Tritt 's rockin ' country ''. Gainesville Sun. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2009. Jump up ^ Larsen, Dave ( 18 September 1992 ). `` Recordings on review ''. Dayton Daily News. Retrieved 28 August 2009. Jump up ^ Nash, Alanna ( 4 September 1992 ). `` T-R-O-U-B-L-E in mind ''. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 28 August 2009. Jump up ^ Billboard, August 15, 1992 Jump up ^ Ellison, Curtis W. ( 1995 ). Country Music Culture : From Hard Times to Heaven. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 233. ISBN 0 - 87805 - 722 - 6. Retrieved 28 August 2009. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 1864. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 28, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Travis Tritt Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Travis Tritt singles Country Club `` Country Club '' `` Help Me Hold On '' `` I 'm Gonna Be Somebody '' `` Put Some Drive in Your Country '' `` Drift Off to Dream '' It 's All About to Change `` Here 's a Quarter ( Call Someone Who Cares ) '' `` Anymore '' `` The Whiskey Ai n't Workin ' '' ( With Marty Stuart ) `` Nothing Short of Dying '' T-R-O-U-B-L-E `` Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man '' `` Can I Trust You with My Heart '' `` T-R-O-U-B-L-E '' `` Looking Out for Number One '' `` Worth Every Mile '' Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof `` Foolish Pride '' `` Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof '' `` Between an Old Memory and Me '' `` Tell Me I Was Dreaming '' Greatest Hits : From the Beginning `` Sometimes She Forgets '' `` Only You ( And You Alone ) '' The Restless Kind `` More Than You 'll Ever Know '' `` Where Corn Do n't Grow '' `` She 's Going Home with Me '' `` Helping Me Get Over You '' ( With Lari White ) `` Still in Love with You '' No More Looking over My Shoulder `` If I Lost You '' `` No More Looking Over My Shoulder '' `` Start the Car '' Down the Road I Go `` Best of Intentions '' `` It 's a Great Day to Be Alive '' `` Love of a Woman '' `` Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde '' Strong Enough `` Strong Enough to Be Your Man '' `` Country Ai n't Country '' My Honky Tonk History `` The Girl 's Gone Wild '' `` What Say You '' ( with John Mellencamp ) `` I See Me '' The Storm `` You Never Take Me Dancing '' `` Something Stronger Than Me '' The Calm After... `` Sometimes Love Just Ai n't Enough '' ( With Tyler Reese ) Other songs `` This One 's Gonna Hurt You ( For a Long, Long Time ) '' ( with Marty Stuart ) `` Take It Easy '' `` The Devil Comes Back to Georgia '' ( With Mark O'Connor, Charlie Daniels, Johnny Cash, and Marty Stuart ) `` Honky Tonkin 's What I Do Best '' ( With Marty Stuart ) `` Hope '' `` Here 's Your Sign ( Get the Picture ) '' ( With Bill Engvall ) `` Same Old Train '' `` Out of Control Raging Fire '' ( with Patty Loveless ) `` Southern Boy '' ( with Charlie Daniels ) `` Bible Belt '' ( with Little Feat ) `` Move It On Over '' `` Lonesome, On'ry and Mean '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lord_Have_Mercy_on_the_Working_Man&oldid=789364103 '' Categories : 1992 singles Travis Tritt songs Songs written by Kostas ( songwriter ) Warner Bros. 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