(We're Not) The Jet Set

"(We're Not) The Jet Set"
Single by George Jones & Tammy Wynette
from the album We're Gonna Hold On
B-side	"Crawdad Song"
Released	1974 (1974)
Recorded	1973
Genre	Country
Length	2:26
Label	Epic
Songwriter	Bobby Braddock
Producer	Billy Sherrill
George Jones & Tammy Wynette singles chronology
"We're Gonna Hold On" (1973) "(We're Not) The Jet Set" (1974) "We Loved It Away" (1974)

"(We're Not) The Jet Set" is a song recorded by country music duo George Jones and Tammy Wynette. It was written by country songwriter Bobby Braddock.

Background

Epic released the song as a single in 1974 and it climbed to #15 on the Billboard country charts. In July 2013 Uncut singled out the performance as a "grand romance." John Prine covered the song with Iris Dement and it became the opening track on his 1999 LP In Spite of Ourselves.

The song itself was about a couple who is content with living with simpler, less-extravagant things in life. Cities noted in the introductory verse included Rome, Georgia, Athens, Texas and Paris, Tennessee; the couple also notes happiness with driving Chevrolets, eating and drinking draft beer and weenies (instead of "steak and martini"), and listening to the music of "Haggard and Husky" (in lieu of Bach and Tchaikovsky).

Chart performance

Chart (1974)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	15
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	16