Another Day, Another Dollar
{{Infobox song
| name = Another Day, Another Dollar
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Wynn Stewart
| B-side = "Donna on My Mind"
| released = {{Start date|1962|08}}
| recorded = February 8, 1962
| studio = Capitol (Hollywood)
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Country|Bakersfield Sound{{cite web |title=Wishful Thinking: The Challenge Years: Wynn Stewart: Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wishful-thinking-the-challenge-years-1958-1963-mw0000938046 |website=Allmusic |accessdate=4 August 2020}}}}
| length = {{Duration|m=02|s=25}}
| label = Challenge Records
| writer = Wynn Stewart
| producer = Joe Johnson
| prev_title = Loversville
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
| next_year = 1963
}}
"Another Day, Another Dollar" is a song written and recorded by American country artist Wynn Stewart. It was released as a single in 1962 and became a top 40 single that year.
Background and release
The phrase "Another Day, Another Dollar" itself comes from the building of the Panama Canal where workers were rumored to receive a single dollar a day as compensation for their labor.{{cite news|last1=Zamorano|first1=Juan|last2=Martinez|first2=Kathia|title=Panama Canal opens $5B locks, bullish despite shipping woes|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b8495e0dad974d39bf4147f647d2f831/panama-canal-opens-5b-locks-bullish-despite-shipping-woes|accessdate=March 6, 2017|work=The Big Story|agency=Associated Press|date=June 26, 2016}} The song was recorded on February 8, 1962 at the Capitol Recording Studio, located in Hollywood, California. The session was produced by Joe Johnson, Stewart's producer at Challenge Records. Four additional tracks were recorded during the same session.{{cite journal |last1=Stewart |first1=Wynn |title="Another Day, Another Dollar"/"Donna on My Mind" (Single Sleeve Insert) |journal=Challenge Records |date=August 1962}} The song was recorded in the Bakersfield Sound style of country. This sound had been created and adapted by west coast country artists and session musicians.
"Another Day, Another Dollar" was released as a single on Challenge Records in August 1962.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc.|year=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} The song spent a total of three weeks on the Billboard Country and Western Sides chart before reaching number 27 in December 1962.{{cite magazine |title="Another Day, Another Dollar" chart history |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/wynn-stewart/chart-history/csi/ |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=5 August 2020}} "Another Day, Another Dollar" was Stewart's fourth charting single in his recording career. It was also his final charting single with the Challenge label before switching labels.
The song regained popularity in 2011 when it was used in the commercial for the new Volkswagen Jetta.{{cite web |title=VW ad's song is still humming |url=http://archive.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/112105214.html |website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |accessdate=5 August 2020}}
Track listings
;7" vinyl single{{cite web |title=Wynn Stewart -- "Another Day, Another Dollar" (1962, Vinyl) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Wynn-Stewart-Donna-On-My-Mind/master/1242961 |website=Discogs |year=1962 |accessdate=5 August 2020}}
- "Another Day, Another Dollar" – 2:25
- "Donna on My Mind" – 2:30
Personnel
- Wynn Stewart - vocals, guitar
- Roy E. Nichols - guitar
- Ralph Eugene Mooney - steel quitar
- Robert Allen 'Bobby' Austin - bass
- Helen ‘Peaches’ Price - drums
- Robert Jim Pierce - piano
Chart performance
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| scope="col"| Chart (1962)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|27|artist=Wynn Stewart|rowheader=true|accessdate=5 August 2020}} |