According to U Discover Music, the song was included as part of Rogers' self-titled 1977 album. The single crossed over for Rogers, becoming a pop hit, and reaching No. 5 on the Billboard charts by June of that year.
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Rogers addressed the similarities between his biggest hit and his beloved mother in an interview as reported by Taste of Country. After the song became a hit, he said his mother called him up on the phone thinking the song was about her.
"She thought I was putting her business out on the street," he recalls. "She said 'How dare me tell people she had four hungry children.' I told her 'First of all, you have eight kids. Secondly, I didn't write it, and thirdly, it's not about you. Then she tamed down a little bit."
"There was some people and kids going along with him and when he got through with it I went on to the bar. I kept thinking about him and finally wrote that song," he continued.
Additionally, the song was covered by Waylon Jennings, Justin Moore, and Billy Currington.
Kenny Rogers would go on to become one of the most beloved country artists of his generation. He died on March 20, 2020, at 81.
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