War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too)

"War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too)"
Single by T. G. Sheppard
from the album Perfect Stranger
B-side	"In Another Minute"
Released	July 1982
Genre	Country
Length	3:25
Label	Warner Bros./Curb
Writer(s)	Curly Putman Bucky Jones Dan Wilson
Producer(s)	Buddy Killen
T. G. Sheppard singles chronology
"Finally" (1982) "War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too)" (1982) "Faking Love" (1982)

"War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too)" is a song written by Curly Putman, Bucky Jones and Dan Wilson, and recorded by American country music artist T.G. Sheppard. It was released in July 1982 as the first single from the album Perfect Stranger. The song was Sheppard's 11th No. 1 song on the Hot Country Singles chart in the fall of 1982. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.^[1]

Content

The story about a teen-aged boy's sexual initiation by a married woman whose husband was stationed on the front lines in World War II. The song is sung in the first person, as if the song is about the singer himself.

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	5

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 313.
2. "T.G. Sheppard – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for T.G. Sheppard.