This is from the era when country singers didn't have to try to sound country.
They just opened up their mouths , sang and that was all the country you needed .
Is it true that if you play a country song, on vinyl, backwards, You get your car back, your job back, your house back, your dog back? I remember a comedian who said don't play it backwards to the end or you get your wife back! So cruel.
There were 42 covers and one original - Ned Miller - before Mr Shelton covered the song.
There were 37 covers after Mr Shelton's cover.
There are 10 instrumental covers.
There are at least 8 overseas versions.
No doubt there are many more.
Here is one from Sweden